Lean manufacturing helps businesses eliminate and reduce waste—and that can lead to new customers, enhanced brand loyalty, and increased profits.  The Lean manufacturing approach identifies 7 forms of waste: overproduction, delay & wait time, inefficient or excessive transportation, overprocessing & complexity, excess inventory, wasted motion, and errors & defects. Lean manufacturing helps you uncover waste… Read More Spring Cleaning with Lean 101: Eliminate & Reduce Waste

5S activities create and sustain more efficient workplaces—saving your company money and your team members time. Take a quick overview of the 5S approach. 5S is a product of the Japanese manufacturing community and was adopted by Toyota during the Japanese industrial revolution. The term “5S” refers to five Japanese words that describe the steps… Read More Spring Cleaning with 5S

Keeping information safe and secure has been a challenging development for businesses of all sizes over the last few years. Expeditious shifts from in-person to online to hybrid workplaces forced companies to change, or at least reexamine, their cybersecurity practices and protocols, and far too often, they weren’t prepared. In fact, according to CyberEdge’s Cyberthreat… Read More Cybersecurity in the Workplace: 4 Tips to Keep Your Business Safe and Secure