Semiconductor is a high-tech industry that requires continuous investment in the development of cutting-edge technologies to create new economic value. With the advantage of entering the market early, ...

At its core business process management is the administrative activities aimed at (1) defining a process, (2) establishing responsibilities, (3) evaluating process performance and (4) identifying ...

Andreas Eschbach is the founder and CEO of eschbach, a software company that helps production teams work smarter and enhance collaboration. Within the process industry, the chemical and pharmaceutical ...

QUESTION: Do you have any suggestions about how to establish improvement goals? For example, I want to see a 10% or 20% or 30% reduction in cycle times this year. ANSWER: My view is that it is ...

As businesses try to do more with less and respond to economic pressures, they are naturally interested in reducing costs by improving processes throughout their organizations. A number of ...

A physicist, Eli Goldratt, famously transformed the way business leaders thought about the economics of production in the 1980s by pointing out the financial contribution of manufacturing to a ...

Most discrete part manufacturers are continually questing for ways to improve productivity. While some may follow an approach based on gut feel and instinct, it is more constructive to base ...

The North Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership has given Power Curbers its 2024 Continuous Improvement Leadership Award. The award recognizes the manufacturer’s “outstanding commitment to ...

Anything that you do well is worth doing better over time. The term "continuous improvement" describes a process practiced by quality engineers but it speaks to something that every conscientious ...

Knowledge and experience in quality and continuous improvement are highly valued by today's employers. The principles are being applied in engineering, healthcare, business, service, nonprofits, and ...

Unit processes are an important element in the R&D strategy of most of the nations who compete with the United States in manufacturing. For example, Japanese manufacturers devote about two-thirds of ...