If you haven’t started applying lean construction techniques to your sheet metal shop, it’s not too late to start and get ahead of your competition. A few years ago, many ductwork fabrication shop ...

The first time a few brave corporate innovators tried to overlay the Lean tools and techniques that work in early-stage startups onto an existing corporation, the result was chaos, confusion ...

There are a number of articles and books written on lean manufacturing techniques and lean construction, including many in the pages of Snips about applying lean in sheet metal shops. This article ...

After losing much of their business to COVID-19 restaurant closures, the owners of Clay Bottom Farm in Goshen didn’t flinch.

The more I learn about lean, the more I think many -- if not most -- lean practitioners are missing the point. Lean is not the tools and practices, and it's not even as much about understanding the ...

A lean distribution operation is an integral part of a pull-based value chain that begins with the customer order. Such operations apply lean tools and techniques to simplify packaging, streamline ...

The annual award recognizes individuals who have moved the design and construction industry forward in embracing and implementing Lean tools and techniques.

Michael Bade Each year, the Lean Construction Institute, or LCI, recognizes an exceptional individual or organization that demonstrates an outstanding commitment to the advancement and implementation ...

TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT, Pa. -- Tobyhanna employees earned a Department of the Army award for using Lean Six Sigma tools to save more than $1 million over three years by simplifying the overhaul and ...