A manufacturing plant produces more than just goods. It’s also a data factory. Every asset, product, process and system on the plant floor creates and contributes to a staggering volume of data. One ...

Lean manufacturing concepts eliminate wasteful practices while delivering increased value to the customer. These principles are simple to apply but require full employee participation and relentless ...

Daniel Markovitz has been a student of lean manufacturing since he first read The Machine that Changed the World as a Stanford Business School student in 1992. Six years ago, when he became a time ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

How many of you, and your companies, are more digitally literate than you were 12 months ago due to the ongoing pandemic? I'd wager there are a lot of virtual heads nodding in agreement. As ...

Lean concepts, once the mainstay of the manufacturing industry, are becoming increasingly integrated into health care to improve functions and decrease costs. These concepts will be the topic of the ...

The industrial and systems engineering department at Rochester Institute of Technology received the Institute of Industrial Engineers Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Lean Concepts. This is the ...

Now more than ever, your sheet metal shop operations need to be lean in order for you to get the most out of your socially distanced workforce. But when it comes to lean, how do you separate fact from ...

Michigan Tech's advanced degree programs in Manufacturing Engineering meet industry needs and further your expertise in the field. Be equipped to continue accelerating the growth of innovative ...