What Is Value Stream Mapping (VSM)? What is a value stream? A value stream represents the series of actions an organization takes to design, create, and deliver a product or service to its customers, ...

As we have previously covered on this blog, the primary purpose of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) methodology is to eliminate waste and reduce variation in manufacturing, service and design processes, thus ...

In an era of rising costs for labor and materials, the core principles of lean construction — increasing efficiency, reducing waste and improving continuously — make more sense than ever before.

The construction industry is undergoing a transformative shift as lean methodologies are increasingly integrated with sustainable practices. This approach seeks to enhance project delivery by ...

The software industry at the turn of the century needed a new direction. After years of preparing for Y2K, and then the dot-com crash, it was time for change. Industry leaders came together and ...

Lean construction has gotten a little bloated. Though it was conceived as the ideal way to eliminate waste from building projects, the Last Planner system inherent to Lean has built-in inefficiencies, ...

Only a grocer would envy the construction business’s 3%-to-5% profit margins. On average, only about half of construction work planned for a given week gets done on schedule. Those two data points are ...