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 ...

Manufacturing continues to stand as one of the final frontiers to digital transformation. We are now a decade into Industry 4.0, and all of us can agree that it’s been an exhilarating ten years.

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eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

Continuously optimizing manufacturing operations around concepts like OEE (overall equipment effectiveness) and Lean Manufacturing may seem outdated in the age of Industry 4.0, the Industrial Internet ...

Editor's Note: This is the second part of a two-part story. The first part is Transforming Your Business To Lean: Lessons Learned. On the path toward global competitiveness and industry dominance, ...

Electronic Kanban and lean manufacturing software for lean scheduling, improving customer service, inventory analyzer, customer demand management, schedule based replenishment solutions and more.

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The term "IT solution" might be one of the more widely accepted misnomers to come out of the information age. Every year hundreds, perhaps thousands, of manufacturers pour millions of dollars into new ...

Last year accelerated the fact that to survive most effectively in a volatile marketplace supply chains and manufacturing firms need to transform and become more digital. Robert Bodor, vice president ...

Worcester-based software firm Lean Transition Solutions (LTS) has secured a £200,000 loan from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund II. Managed by Frontier Development Capital (FDC), the fund will be ...