Tamkeen announced the launch of the KAIZEN quality consultancy programme, which will provide businesses with a number of opportunities to adopt the Japanese KAIZEN business framework to improve labour productivity and management. This programme will be implemented in cooperation with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The first element of […]

Lean Manufacturing is a requirement for American manufacturing, and the Leonardo Group has been training Lean leaders for almost two decades. Whenever possible, training should take place in an environment where students can see Lean in action, and relate what they are learning to the activities they see in practice. […]

Many business owners may have heard of and implemented lean production principles — a method for eliminating waste — or Six Sigma, a data-driven approach to eliminating defects, but practitioners haven’t combined Six Sigma with lean until recently. Companies such as GE, Coca-Cola and IBM — even the U.S. military […]

The best approach to creating the most efficient and effective business structure involves both Six Sigma and Lean principles. With 37 hours of learning in the new Lean Six Sigma Project Manager Courses & Certifications offer on TNW Deals, you’ll understand concrete processes for increasing efficiency and limiting wasted time […]

When companies decide that their own internal warehousing capabilities are lacking, they can decide to select a third-party logistics (3PL) provider to run their warehousing operation for them. Often, a shipper will demand more from a 3PL than it would from itself. This is particularly true when it comes to […]

“Lean Manufacturing: Maximizing Value and Eliminating Waste” will be the topic of a free program presented Jan. 27 by Geauga Growth Partnership. The event takes place from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the Newbury Business Park Executive Center at 12373 Kinsman Road in Newbury Township. Reservations are required. Ty […]

When lean manufacturing first gained attention, it generally was perceived to be incompatible with manufacturing resource planning (MRP) and ERP. Lean manufacturing emphasizes physical signals and controls, and works to reduce inventory, work in progress (WIP) and lead times, all common characteristics of an MRP/ERP environment. Nonproduction activities like reporting […]

Sharps Compliance Corp. (NASDAQ:SMED) – Analysts at First Analysis lifted their FY2016 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Sharps Compliance Corp. in a note issued to investors on Friday, according to Zacks Investment Research. First Analysis analyst now expects that the brokerage will earn $0.25 per share for the year, […]

Russia’s manufacturing industry contracted in December, halting a two-month recovery as falling oil prices threaten to extend the country’s recession into a second year. The Purchasing Managers’ Index fell to 48.7 in December, a reversal from the positive 50.2 and 50.1 readings in October and November, according to a statement […]

Years ago, I cycled across Thailand to Cambodia as part of a Gulf For Good cause, and learned a few things that have stayed with me. We were a mixed bag of abilities, sizes, drives – you name it. It was tough going with us on the saddle for most […]