The plumbing and heating industry is becoming increasingly competitive. This may be due to a sudden rise in demand for home improvements during the pandemic which pushed the industry to a record high ...

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With the need for constant innovation, creating systems that meet customer expectations demands continuous improvement within a complex design process. The American Society for Quality defines ...

Your goal is to acquire and sustain customers by delivering products and services at cost and on time without sacrificing quality. How do you do it? By developing efficient processes with a supportive ...

The concept of continuous improvement (CI) and—more specifically under the umbrella of CI—programs such as total productive maintenance (TPM), world class manufacturing (WCM), and lean are certainly ...

Case study examples from DSM Dyneema and Hunstman Corp. illustrate how providing everyone with simple-to-use analytics tools can dramatically improve production and business operations. All the ...

Imagine you are on a road trip where each time you think you have arrived the destination gets better. Lean Six Sigma's constant improvement is essentially based on this. Perfection, dear reader, is a ...

Continuous improvement using Lean principles creates a better experience for students, faculty, staff, and other customers. It also engages the people who are doing the work in improving the work, ...