Lean concepts, once the mainstay of the manufacturing industry, are becoming increasingly integrated into health care to improve functions and decrease costs. These concepts will be the topic of the ...

Craig Shular has been the chief executive officer of Parma-based GrafTech International since 2003 and has built a team credited with taking the company from the brink of bankruptcy to profitability ...

Lean leadership is (and remains) fundamentally about one thing: respect for people. In health care, lean leaders exist to serve the next level closer to the patient and maximize value for both ...

Now more than ever, your sheet metal shop operations need to be lean in order for you to get the most out of your socially distanced workforce. But when it comes to lean, how do you separate fact from ...

On January 15, 2020, the campus came together to celebrate LEAN concepts and thinking, and IT Services was there to share the excitement. For the past several years, the LEAN Fair has been a gathering ...

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Industry News:Applying lean concepts to labourExcerpts from the interview. Why has it become necessary to apply lean concepts to labour? For countries that have depended on low-wage labour to succeed, ...

We have often discussed the question of whether the ability to successfully implement a successful lean initiative is something like being able to dunk a basketball or bench press 300 pounds: One can ...

A pair of local entrepreneurs are convinced that companies around the world need to be placed on a diet - one focused on becoming lean. That is the concept for the Lean Learning Center, founded in ...

Lean is a method that grew out of the Toyota Production System in the middle of the 20th century to create a more effective and efficient business by motivating and engaging the workforce to eliminate ...