We’ve seen many value stream maps (VSM) over the past 20 years, as it has become a common tool. In some companies it’s a first requirement before a lean effort begins. In other companies, value stream ...

If you’ve heard some buzz about Lean tools and principles, you’re not alone. Lean tools got their start in America as early as the 1900s, when Henry Ford used Lean methodology to create the Model T ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. - When it comes to Lean manufacturing, it is not uncommon here to have multiple events during a week's time. However, the depot held a Lean marathon the week of Dec. 7 with ...

In his account of reaching the South Pole, the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen called Antarctica “the boundless plain” and “an endless, uniform surface . . . that was lost in the horizon”. The ...