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The 8 Wastes of Lean: Understanding and Addressing Them in Your Organization

Do you know the 8 Wastes of Lean? Waste in an organization is all around us. You want to be able to identify waste so that ...
Printing Impressions

Lean Into Waste Reduction: A Q&A with a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt

Are you looking to reduce waste and improve efficiency in your printing operation? John Compton, principal at Compton & Associates LLC, a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt (MBB), and senior member of ...
IndustryWeek

Let's Add a Ninth Waste to Lean: Overthinking

Taichi Ohno, progenitor of the Toyota Production System, identified seven forms of waste, and lean insiders often add an eighth: the waste of human resources. I propose a ninth: the waste of ...
Printing Impressions

Seven Deadly Wastes of Lean Manufacturing

Companies adopting a Lean philosophy strive to remove or shorten time spent on activities that the customer doesn’t value. For example, although steps like estimating and makeready are thought of as ...
Woodworking Network

There are more than just eight wastes!

If you’re practicing lean in your organization, it is almost a certainty that you have heard of the eight deadly wastes. If you really got it together you talk about them every day with your team and ...
IndustryWeek

Using Lean to Reduce Energy Consumption and Waste

Applying "lean" principles to reduce energy consumption and waste, manufacturers can see significant cost savings. The process has already helped McCain Foods Ltd., a global frozen foods company with ...