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Lean Manufacturing

Is Your Operation Ready for Next Generation Lean?

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Lean manufacturing is nothing new. Principles based on continuous improvement, streamlining production, and machine efficiency have long changed the way manufacturers operate.

Lean Manufacturing

Keep Your Machine Shop Competitive with Value Stream Mapping

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Research continues to show that leading industrial metal-cutting companies are focused on continuous improvement.

Lean Manufacturing

Lean Manufacturing: The Advantages of Adopting Agile Operations

How businesses in the MRO sector can apply agile processes to manufacturing.

Lean Manufacturing

Lean Processes the “Low-Hanging Fruit” of Maintenance Savings

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Lean processes are only now gaining the recognition they deserve in plant and facilities maintenance. The visibility and management of critical spares and MRO procurement represents in many cases the “low-hanging fruit” and most easily accessible savings opportunities.

Lean Manufacturing

Machine Shops Benefit from Standardized Work Processes

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With a slew of improvement strategies, tools, and technologies available, many managers have lost sight of one of the simplest ways they can optimize the performance of their operations—standardized processes.

Lean Manufacturing

Maintenance to ERP or Not to ERP

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Maintenance-specific modules from suppliers of enterprise resource planning systems have traditionally involved costly implementation and learning curves. Manufacturers can consider going the route of partner solutions to achieve maintenance operations savings. 

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