Lean manufacturing techniques reduce product cycle time. Lower cycle time is used to determine the success of lean techniques such as cellular flow manufacturing.

If you haven’t started applying lean construction techniques to your sheet metal shop, it’s not too late to start and get ahead of your competition. A few years ago, many ductwork fabrication shop ...

When companies opt to implement lean manufacturing techniques correctly they achieve necessary cost improvements and optimize productivity all while maintaining operational control that only on-shore, ...

UK industry needs to emulate its US counterparts and adopt 'lean manufacturing' techniques. The sector's willingness to help itself is now more important than calling for government intervention.

There are a number of articles and books written on lean manufacturing techniques and lean construction, including many in the pages of Snips about applying lean in sheet metal shops. This article ...

Lean principles promote reduced waste and increased productivity, so training staff in the techniques of lean manufacturing usually pays dividends with implementation of the principles.

A hospital stroke team used auto industry “lean” manufacturing principles to accelerate treatment times, according to new research.

No survey of modern automotive manufacturing can possibly overlook the “lean” techniques and cultural values developed in Toyota’s Production System, so it was inevitable that The Magical ...

To accomplish these dual goals, many hospitals employ Lean manufacturing techniques, which involve examining processes end to end, and identifying and eliminating waste.

One method of lean manufacturing is 'just-in-time production', which emphasises the timely delivery of products and automation, and tries to eliminate defects in the production process.