Process time vs. cycle time is a discussion that comes up often for newcomers to Six Sigma. Understanding these principles and how they apply to your time management is vital. Failing to grasp these ...

A manufacturer obtains raw materials from suppliers, processes them in a production center and distributes them to customers. Synchronous manufacturing and just-in-time manufacturing are two systems ...

Imagine if a company could reduce its manufacturing cycle time by 80 percent while upgrading the products it was building, decrease the weight of those products by as much as 50 percent compared to ...

In today’s competitive environment, while it may take a village to raise a child, it takes an entire manufacturing organization to design a new product. According to a recent survey on the Automation ...

As the U.S. Army continues to modernize, improving Army aviation is one of its top priorities. One of the key supporting efforts is the development of a new turbine engine to provide next-generation ...

The Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP), managed by the US Army’s Aviation Turbine Engines Project Office (ATE PO), selected General Electric’s T901 turboshaft engine to replace the T700 family of ...

For small business owners, productivity and timeliness directly affect the bottom line. Understanding production lead time and throughput time can help you be strategic about increasing efficiency in ...