- Lean initiatives and lean learning
HEADNOTE Special Report: Assembly and Automation-Part 4 HEADNOTE In response to the demands of the manufacturing community, providing information on lean manufacturing, and training in lean methods, has become a major focus for SME. IMAGE ILLUSTRATION 5 Cells are basic elements in the lean manufacturing environment. More and more manufacturing ......
- Maximizing Lean: Gaining Visibility into Areas that Need Improvement
Gaining significant benefits from Lean manufacturing requires more than an EMS production floor focused on Lean principles. Achieving meaningful cost reduction requires a Lean-focused effort throughout the entire value chain, which involves implementation of Lean manufacturing principles at the EMS provider, within the designated supply base and at the customer ......
- Lean beacon: German industrial giant pioneers Toyota-style initiative; SAP integration to follow
At Munich, Germany-based MAN Nutzfahrzeuge —the 13-plant truck and bus manufacturing division of industrial giant MAN—two successful pilot implementations have given lean manufacturing techniques the green light for a group-wide rollout right across MAN. Closely modeled on the well-known Toyota Production System (TPS), the development of the MAN Nutzfahrzeuge Produktionssystem—christened, ......
- '08 conference season begins: SHS members, Ergoattendees gather separately in Florida.
Society for Health Systems Conference and Expo When: Feb. 21-24 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Where: Rosen Plaza Hotel, Orlando, Fla. Who should attend: Management engineers, health care administrators, physician leaders, quality or process improvement managers, academic professionals, students Educational tracks: Academic, management engineers, clinical performance improvement, Lean/Six Sigma, productivity, revenue cycle improvement ......
- Lean rules.
Lean shows no signs of slowing as a favored improvement method. Nearly one in four U.S. manufacturing plants--39 percent--are following a lean manufacturing improvement plan, with an additional 12 percent using a combination of lean and Six Sigma and 4 percent the Toyota Production System, according to the Manufacturing 2007 ......
- Prestigious three: simulation, lean, and Six Sigmaease business process management.
WHEN SIMULATION, LEAN, AND SIX Sigma are aligned to achieve thorough results in process management, benefits can include streamlined processes, minimized risk, and breakthrough performance. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] While process management is the ensemble of activities of planning and monitoring the performance of a process, process engineering is focused on designing ......
- Teaching Your Employees to Recognize Waste Is the Smart Thing to Do
If a company fails to reduce or eliminate waste, the result will be lower confidence of the consumers, shareholders and employees.