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    News, insights and best practices in continuous improvement for manufacturing leaders. Find information on lean manufacturing, Six Sigma and other improvement initiatives.

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    Continuous Improvement

    Boeing Executives Failed to Lead, Waved Off Lean

    April 1, 2024
    Don’t blame rank-and-file workers for systematic problems.
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    Continuous Improvement

    You've Got an Urgent Business Case for Lean. Now What?

    March 22, 2024
    A look at rapid lean deployment, a method that mobilizes people as an army of creative problem solvers to resolve one to two critical issues.
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    Corporate Culture

    The Power of Being Over Doing in Leadership

    March 13, 2024
    The essence of impactful leadership lies not in the multitude of tasks we accomplish, but in how we show up each day to create the conditions for learning and continuous improvement...
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    Digital Tools

    Design for Manufacturing: The Cool Factor

    Feb. 29, 2024
    Mikros Technologies specializes in sapping excess heat out of electronic systems, something that it only accomplishes with a strong focus on produceable designs.
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    Continuous Improvement

    Revved for March Madness? Look for These Lessons in Operational Excellence

    Feb. 23, 2024
    Seven parallels between action on the court and activity on the shop floor.

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    May 7, 2024
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    Leader or Manager? You Need to Be Both

    Feb. 28, 2024
    Leaders must achieve great management results, so what’s the difference really?
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    Continuous Improvement

    Front-Line Leaders: The Most Overlooked Role in Lean Transformation

    Jan. 12, 2024
    It's critical to train and engage the people who most workers report to and communicate with.
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    Operations

    Dazzling Dozen: 12 of the Best in Lean and Continuous Improvement in 2023

    Jan. 9, 2024
    Top reads addressed topics from gemba walks and tennis ball challenges to winners of manufacturing excellence.
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    The IndustryWeek Best Plants Winners and Finalists Statistical Report: 2018 to 2023

    Dec. 19, 2023
    The information contained in this 83-page, data-packed Statistical Profile presents a composite picture of IndustryWeek's Best Plants winners and finalists for the past five competition...