Lean Thinking 4.0
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Lean Thinking was born in the late 1980s when researchers from MIT studied the Toyota Production System
Credit: Toyota UK
Taking the Step from <em>Gemba</em> Walks to Layered Process Audits
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Layered process audits and gemba walks are both done on-site
Reading the Automotive Industry Action Group’s CQI-8 Layered Process Audit (LPA) Guideline, you might notice a line saying LPAs are “completed on site ‘where the work is done.’”
Solving Compliance and International Manufacturing Challenges
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Satisfying compliance to FDA regulations and client demand is greatly simplified with up-to-date technology
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Inside Quality Digest Live for May 12, 2017
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Artificial intelligence is on track to have as much impact on the world as electricty
In last week’s Quality Digest Live: Data for artificial intelligence, data for your quality management system, and Karl Popper meets Taiichi Ohno.
Calculating for Crucial Investments in U.S. Infrastructure
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Get your kicks applying the Braess paradox to Route 66
Innovation: An Organization’s Insurance Against Irrelevance
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Are you different enough to make a difference?
Credit: Benjamin Reay
Traditional Industries Need to Seize Digital Transformation Opportunities
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Innovation should be an "always on" thing
Using 3D Scanning Technology for Design and Quality Assurance
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3D scanning is perfect for rapid prototyping, reverse engineering, and 3D modeling
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Inside Quality Digest Live for March 10, 2017
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Eli Whitney's standardized guns are an early example of lean thinking
In this week's Quality Digest Live: Lean Ben Franklin... who knew? Could the root cause of some manmade catastrophes simply be a lack of basics like humility, integrity, communication, and positivity? Connected spenders is what you want.
<em>Muda, Mura, Muri</em>
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Like your dad told you: A place for everything and everything in its place
