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Tips for Setting Up a Successful Lean Manufacturing Facility Like John Deere
If you are considering building a new lean facility or applying lean tools to your current company, these tips and examples can help get you started.
A Look at Development Operations Management
The term “DevOps” started as a collaborative approach between software developers and operations managers to deploy software updates accurately and on time. This philosophy has grown and now extends beyond software development companies.
Why Earn an MBA from Kettering University?
Kettering’s MBA is customizable, allowing you to take additional courses and earn a certificate in one of four specialized areas of study: Global Leadership, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, or Healthcare Management.
Lean Manufacturing and Safety
Keeping workers safe while streamlining manufacturing processes to increase production is sometimes challenging. Incorporating safety measures into lean processes helps reduce the types of incidents that can disrupt productivity and threaten a company’s bottom line.
Operations Managers Key to Safety in Manufacturing
The manufacturing industry includes many companies that transform raw materials into new products for customers around the globe. The processes involved with taking raw materials and transforming them, either mechanically, physically, or chemically, involve activities with varying levels of potential danger.
3D Printing and Engineering
From cars to phones to prosthetics, 3D printers (3DP) are helping to solve manufacturing challenges. Companies around the globe are using 3DP technology to create prototypes and customized products. This technology is changing how mechanical engineers work, how they are educated, and how they implement lean manufacturing.