This column will introduce a lead-time metric that has seen 20 years of successful application in industry and fits-to-a-T what is needed for Next Generation Lean. This inclusion of suppliers and ...

TAT is how long a process takes to finish from beginning to end. This includes wasted time, and time spent waiting for ...

“Lean” process improvement can reduce costs, improve efficiency and make execution more predictable. Lean requires an investment and a culture change. Lean has resulted in improved execution in a ...

Process Cycle Efficiency (PCE) is a simple calculation that will define what percent of your total processing time is consumed by waste. It will also show you where that waste is and how you might try ...