When it comes to the shop floor, every organization embracing lean uses Toyota’s rocks and lake metaphor to talk about improvement: You lower the water level (inventory) to reveal the rocks (obstacles ...

This certification workshop is an introductory Lean Six Sigma course tailored to meet the needs of managers and service providers who primarily work in office settings. This short courses consist of ...

Subscribe to BizTimes Daily – Local news about the people, companies and issues that impact business in Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin. Some Milwaukee-area manufacturers are finding that the ...

The Manufacturing Institute has launched a new Lean Office education programme that provides the know how to reduce costs, eliminate waste and boost efficiency within business processes. “Up to 80 per ...

Lean has proven itself as an exceptional business system in manufacturing and a variety of other sectors, such as supply chain, retail, and healthcare. Where Lean has not yet made much of an impact is ...

Whether you are seeking to foster a lean mindset or work within an enterprise that is seeking a lean transformation, UTSA offers a variety of certification tracks customized to meet your learning ...

For manufacturers, the first stage is generally developing manufacturing cells in a specific part of their factory. Some first steps would be to benchmark, attend a conference on lean, find resource ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- U.S. Army Special Operations Command is teaming up with Lean Six Sigma to provide an overall organizational culture change to reduce waste in the work place. Instead of making your ...

The Office of Continuous Improvement has a library of Lean resources available for loan. Below is the list of resources that includes books, DVDs and workshop materials. These resources cover the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who work in a “green” office, literally surrounded by plants, are happier than people in “lean” offices without live foliage, suggests a new study. In experiments, ...