How Leaders Can Reap the Potential of Lean Innovation
June 22, 2023When many people think about Lean processes and management, they assume that the goal is to optimize each process with a step-by-step...
The Development & Use of the PDSA Cycle of Improvement
January 20, 2022The PDSA cycle is a popular approach to process improvement because of its simultaneous simplicity and effectiveness. Although it started...
How to Apply the Right Lean Tools for Every Improvement
August 12, 2021Whether or not your organization fully embraces the Lean manufacturing business paradigm or just borrows some of its best practices, the...
8 Tips for Error-Proofing Your Lean Project Management
September 2, 2026Many of the people who come to us to talk about our Lean improvement management software are not implementing an improvement program for...
A Structured Approach to Problem-Solving | Webinar Recap
June 9, 2021We had the pleasure of presenting a webinar hosted by Chad Westbrook, a manufacturing engineering manager and AGCO production system...
A3 Thinking: A Practical Guide to Structured Problem-Solving
April 3, 2026A3 thinking is a structured problem-solving approach developed at Toyota in the 1960s. The name comes from the A3 paper size -- roughly 11"...
The Six Big Losses in Automotive Manufacturing
January 19, 2021In automotive manufacturing, there are several things you can take for granted; unfortunately, some are unwelcome. The Six Big Losses are...
Applying Lean Six Sigma in the Auto Manufacturing Sector
December 16, 2020As you might guess from the name, a Lean Six Sigma methodology combines Lean manufacturing principles and those of Six Sigma. This approach...
Why Simplicity Was Essential for CI at a Nuclear Plant
September 30, 2020The principles of Lean and continuous improvement methodologies originated from manufacturing, but there’s no doubt that they have been...
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