(Magnatag Visible Systems: Macedon, NY) -- Visual communications are important for successful lean manufacturing. Inventory, safety, quality, and productivity are key metrics in lean manufacturing.

Most of us know that Wal-Mart has been a big player in the “green” movement. The world’s biggest retailer takes the whole “let’s save the planet” talk very seriously.

Quality Digest wants you to spend five minutes (tops) telling us how we're doing by taking our 2009 reader survey.

As companies downsize, they cut down on the number of employees, or move, or close, and thousands find themselves without jobs in a highly competitive job market that they never anticipated.

(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- As part of its Socially Responsible Organization (SRO) movement, the American Society for Quality (ASQ) is offering a four-part webinar series on the importance of social responsibility and how organizations can build business value by improving environmental and societal out

(BSI Group: London ) -- Aerospace components must endure unique demands. BSI has recently published BS EN 9100:2009—"Aerospace series. Quality management systems. Requirements (based on ISO 9001) and Quality systems.

Is the theory of constraints compatible with lean thinking and can the two approaches be used together? This article looks at some of the similarities and differences between the two approaches and suggests how they might be coupled to advantage.

(Creaform: Lévis, QC) -- Creaform, developer and manufacturer of the Handyscan 3D line up of hand-held, self-positioning, and portable laser scanners, is proud to present