Monthly Archives: February 2015

Lean Manufacturing ROI

Lean manufacturing methods always lead to lower costs. But figuring out how much lower can be a challenge. Lean manufacturing […]

One of my first “top to bottom, front to back lean initiative” clients was Talan Products here in Cleveland. Looks […]

I’m putting together a workshop in Workplace Organization and Visual Factory (aka 5S….but I’m not crazy about the term 5S […]

Maybe some of you have seen the recent movie The Imitation Game. The movie focuses primarily on the life of Alan […]

In the earlier post, we talked about the Strategy part of the first phase. Now, let’s talk about the Spread […]

So, let’s get down to the business of actually implementing lean manufacturing. Step number one: do some planning (Strategy), then […]

I’ve noticed that I get a lot of hits whenever I post about 5S. (“Lot of hits” being relative when […]