The Japanese word Muda loosely translates as waste. The core element of lean manufacturing is to eliminate waste–or, in more North American terms, to “cut the fat.” While applying lean concepts to ...

Guests from the manufacturing industry and other lean leaders often come to speak here at Michigan Tech about their lean journeys and methods. Recent presenters have included representatives from ...

It is far too easy to approach lean as a sort of toolbox or checklist of techniques—apply them all, you might think, and woo hoo, you are lean! Seddon once famously pointed out that the lean “toolbox” ...