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 ...

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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 ...

According to a recent article in The New York Times, the "lean start-up" is all the rage. It's based on the idea that new high-tech companies can get a lot done with minimal investment and few ...

Converting non-productive time into customer-focused, productive time enables any organization to grow revenue faster than cost. This course prepares participants to implement tools of the ...

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Simply put, lean is the practice of creating more value with fewer resources. The concept is inspired by the Japanese management theory from Toyota, where lean concepts are designed to improve and ...

While applying lean concepts to manufacturing may seem straightforward, there is little agreement on what that term even means for software, or if it applies. I’ll start at the beginning, explaining ...

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 ...