Lean Six Sigma: Improving Performance by Reducing Waste and Defects

Discover how Lean Six Sigma enhances performance by combining Six Sigma and Lean methods to reduce waste and defects, ...
New Atlas

Lean Skateboard initiates sure turns with tilting, multi-link wheels

At first, the term "Lean skateboard" seems like it could refer to any board. After all, pretty much every skateboard relies on a leaning action for turning. Usually that turning is controlled by the ...
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

Is Lean a Waste Elimination Program or Striving for Excellence?

In the 1990s while first learning about Japanese manufacturing and Toyota, I was also studying organizational development. A retired University of Michigan researcher, Lawrence Lippitt, ran a monthly ...