New 'lean lab' management principles are demonstrating benefits that include cost savings, increased productivity, and a strong safety record. When MIT announced in March that most research labs on ...

There is a myriad of reasons why most startups fail, ranging from a lack of organizational structure to minimal understanding of who their customer is or what their product should look like. Ten years ...

The ISO certification has become a fundamental requirement for doing business throughout the world. In their quest for quality, many companies are adopting lean manufacturing methodologies including ...

What Is Lean Project Management? Your email has been sent Learn about lean project management and how it can improve efficiency and productivity. Discover its principles, benefits, and how to ...

Leadership is as much science as it is art. And in the context of C-suite executives, the mandate for effective leadership is magnified. The 5% rule seeks to eliminate project actualization ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- When MIT announced in March that most research labs on campus would need to ramp down to help prevent the spread of Covid-19, Canan Dagdeviren's lab was ready. For the past two years, ...

I read a popular article recently arguing why anti-lean startups are back because lean isn’t a viable way for ambitious startups tackling new domains, like artificial intelligence, to take moonshots.

Rapid changes in technology, and the many options available for the manufacturing sectors, have caused some manufacturers to hesitate when it comes to making investments in technology. A recent survey ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have shown that a systemic approach to eliminating inefficiencies in surgical residency programs can reduce unnecessary work ...

Between a pandemic, heightened competition, total supply chain uncertainty, and states shutting down and opening — customers, suppliers, and employees are all in unchartered territory. Despite the ...

Despite dire predictions that AI-powered robots will take away jobs and give them to machines, manufacturing job openings have been growing at double-digit rates since mid-2017, according to a skills ...