If you google “Buffer Management” you will get a variety of results that focus mainly on buffers used to pad time for a task in project management or a deliberate amount time built into a project ...

Question: We are a small company with approximately 150 employees, 3 manufacturing locations and 5 nonwoven processing lines. The nonwoven process is a continuous-flow process as opposed to assembly.

“We are different. Every job is unique.” “We cannot expect teamwork from skilled trades. Their work is too specialized.” “We must keep our people busy at all times. That’s why inventory is so ...

If continuous improvement is to be a core value in lean—and it is—then teams need the freedom to adapt the process over time in order to improve outcomes. This repaints standards not as a rule, but, ...

Learn about a lean approach to process development that leverages the use of process models to inform development of continuous tableting processes. Learn how limited but carefully considered ...

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama -- A Program Executive Office for Aviation Logistics Management Specialist received a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt for his leadership in increasing the Cargo Helicopters project ...

TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT, Pa. (March 26, 2014) -- Air Force aircraft maintenance mechanics recently teamed up with depot employees to standardize processes for work performed on a satellite communications ...

The objective of this work is to improve the quality of patient care in the admission office service of the University Hospital Virgen del Rocío (HUVR) by standardizing and systematizing its ...