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Make Gains Stick with the Continuous Improvement Tracker

You ran the kaizen event. You saw the improvement. But two months later… is anything actually different? It’s a challenge every CI leader faces. Gains made during Lean or Six Sigma initiatives often
MachineMetrics / Jun 05, 2025

Closing the Gap Between Scheduling and Execution with the...

Manufacturing schedules look great on paper—until they meet the real world. Every day, jobs run late. Machines sit idle. Priorities shift. And despite everyone’s best efforts, it’s hard to answer one
MachineMetrics / May 28, 2025

Real-Time Job Tracking Delivers Clarity to the Chaos of the...

Even the most capable ERP system can only tell you what was planned. It can’t tell you what’s actually happening on the floor, right now. For most discrete manufacturers, job tracking still relies on
MachineMetrics / May 21, 2025

Tariffs & the Factory: What Plant Leaders Can Do to Fight...

Executive Snapshot Tariff policy has shifted sharply in the past 18 months, squeezing margins for U.S. discrete-manufacturing plants. Metal duties remain in force, a new 25% levy on imported vehicles
MachineMetrics / May 01, 2025
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    Why lean takes the whole team
    Lean Manufacturing / October 17, 2018
    Lean manufacturing isn't about just a few employees - it involves the whole team. Each employee knows their job far better than anyone else, and can spot the ways they could do their job more...

    Toyota's impact on lean manufacturing
    Lean Manufacturing / September 17, 2018
    Bloomberg created a video that is a great resource if you are researching the history and benefits of lean manufacturing. The five minute video runs through Toyota's strategies and how the rest of...

    Lean case study
    Lean Manufacturing / September 05, 2018
    What would you do if you had the opportunity to completely design a new space for your manufacturing business? HarbisonWalker got to do just that, and they took full advantage of the opportunity to...

    Getting ahead with lean manufacturing
    Lean Manufacturing / July 31, 2018
    There are many reasons to research and implement lean manufacturing techniques. First and foremost, you can lower your costs and reduce lead time which will save you money. Other lesser known reasons...

    Lean manufacturing case
    Lean Manufacturing / July 30, 2018
    One of the best ways to learn about lean manufacturing is to learn from those succeeding. Industry Week put together a slideshow to show you around a forklift plant in Ireland. They said, "From its...
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