A cool thing about manufacturing leadership is that you can lead a wide variety of operations. I was working in consumer products manufactur...

The lean 5S system contains 5 steps to achieving a more organized, controlled and efficient manufacturing plant. These steps are Sort, Set-i...

(click here to begin this article series at Part I)

I’m sure anyone who has ever led a project can appreciate project obstacles. I have nev...

After completing our current state map (see Part I of this article series), it was clear that this diaper plant had huge improvement opportu...

Kaizen Kickoff Complete! But now what?

So you are fully committed to your lean implementation and there is nothing that is going to get in ...