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The low-volume pharmaceutical industry must adapt Lean Manufacturing tools invented for high-volume, single product industries. From regulatory compliance and globalization to production and pricing ...

SEMBACH KASERNE, Germany -- Six members of Regional Health Command Europe graduated from the U.S. Army Medical Command's new Lean Leader Course July 20 during a ceremony held at Landstuhl Regional ...

Lean is a holistic continuous improvement approach for maximizing value for customers and eliminating waste. Many healthcare organizations have adopted Lean to improve efficiency and patient care. We ...

“I’m worried our custom processes won’t translate easily to Lean.” As a Continuous Improvement and Lean Project Manager for Polaris MEP, the Rhode Island division of the MEP National Network™, I hear ...

Under the scheme, MSMEs are offered handholding towards the implementation of lean tools at three levels – basic, intermediate, and advanced. (Image: pixabay) MSMEs in services sector: A white paper ...

We continue in our series on Lean Construction and the seven major “wastes” found in our effort to construct quality that is safe, productive and profitable. Let’s examine the waste that can come from ...

Ten years after lean first came to the software community, we see new tools emerging that allow teams to reduce waste further. Automatic build tools, cloud computing and software as a service can all ...

Lean methods are typically thought of by managers as tools designed to create and support behavior change on the part of employees. Yet how many times have you heard it said that the successful lean ...