Some of the leanest, most efficient operating rooms and emergency rooms in North Carolina hospitals have the automotive industry to thank for their smoother running operations. Lewis says the ...

For manufacturers seeking to improve operational performance, understanding how waste appears on the shop floor — and how to ...

Lean manufacturing is not exactly new. It wasn't even new 25 years ago when Plastics News began publishing. Henry Ford was relying on lean nearly 100 years ago, when he needed an efficient factory to ...

The low-volume pharmaceutical industry must adapt Lean Manufacturing tools invented for high-volume, single product industries. From regulatory compliance and globalization to production and pricing ...

Raising individual company productivity is essential to revitalizing U.S. manufacturing. The U.S. market share for manufactured goods by domestic producers has been in decline for the last 20 years, ...