Lean Six Sigma is a methodology for increasing organizational productivity and efficiency through a structured problem solving process called DMAIC (define, measure, analyze, improve, and control).

Lean design programs cut waste that is hard to see. Lean manufacturing gets lots of press and for good reason. It drives waste out of manufacturing facilities and makes them more profitable. It's ...

PayPal is one of the textbook successes of a venture-backed startup: It was acquired for $1.5 billion by eBay back in 2002. But by 2011, PayPal was in a rough spot. Go straight to the 7 rules of lean ...

Process engineering expert Krishna Valluru transforms operational chaos into data-driven efficiency by fixing broken workflows and establishing data integrity.

Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post by James Donelan, the VP of engineering at MuleSoft, provider of the world’s most widely used integration platform. There is a lot of talk about the lean ...

“Lean” process improvement can reduce costs, improve efficiency and make execution more predictable. Lean requires an investment and a culture change. Lean has resulted in improved execution in a ...

Organizations that have adopted a Lean Manufacturing methodology continue to identify elements of their organizations that have diminished in terms of their strategic value. It is critical to identify ...

I started working in construction, as many did, at a young age, as a gopher and worked my way up. Now 55 years old, I was part of the generation that entered the workforce as computers and new ...

Kerry Ellis: Future human space exploration will mean getting beyond low-Earth orbit–and returning safely. Several projects across NASA are working on the challenges that goal presents, among them ...

There is a myriad of reasons why most startups fail, ranging from a lack of organizational structure to minimal understanding of who their customer is or what their product should look like. Ten years ...

New business paper describes how the marine industry can develop Lean methodologies to press on in lean times. AVEVA has announced its publication of a new business paper – ‘Engineering & Design for ...

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