With a robust pull-based supply chain, organizations can improve on-time shipments, increase customer service levels, free working capital, reduce components obsolescence and improve the reliability ...

The Lean construction movement is on the march. Its parent organization, the Lean Construction Institute, celebrated its 20th anniversary last year. LCI now has 218 corporate members, 38 owner members ...

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Lean principles have proved incredibly effective for future-proofing organizations from wasting resources. Though the philosophy originated in manufacturing, its adaptability has made it essential for ...

They said it couldn't be done. Mix enterprise resource planning (ERP) with lean, that is. Once viewed as total opposites that couldn't exist harmoniously beneath the same plant roof, manufacturers' ...

If you want to tone and tighten your midsection — all the way around, from front to back — this exercise is for you. Demonstrated by personal trainer and fitness instructor Amy Dixon, who uses it on ...