The Japanese word Muda loosely translates as waste. The core element of lean manufacturing is to eliminate waste–or, in more North American terms, to “cut the fat.” While applying lean concepts to ...

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Continuously optimizing manufacturing operations around concepts like OEE (overall equipment effectiveness) and Lean Manufacturing may seem outdated in the age of Industry 4.0, the Industrial Internet ...

Editor's Note: This is the second part of a two-part story. The first part is Transforming Your Business To Lean: Lessons Learned. On the path toward global competitiveness and industry dominance, ...

HEIDENHAIN is a world-leading provider of encoders, machine controls, touch probes, digital readouts and metrology solutions—empowering engineer...READ MORE Lean manufacturing is more important than ...

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Electronic Kanban and lean manufacturing software for lean scheduling, improving customer service, inventory analyzer, customer demand management, schedule based replenishment solutions and more.

The term "IT solution" might be one of the more widely accepted misnomers to come out of the information age. Every year hundreds, perhaps thousands, of manufacturers pour millions of dollars into new ...

A software company has secured a £200,000 loan to support research, development and expansion. Worcester-based Lean Transition Solutions (LTS), a specialist in lean manufacturing technology, received ...