Lean management programs are no longer restricted to a narrow segment of manufacturing companies. A wide range of medium-sized and large companies from different industries have deployed, to varying ...

On March 24th I ran a screen looking for "lean" inventory planning, after seeing companies like A.O. Smith beat earnings estimates handily due to overly conservative inventory levels contributing to ...

If you are in the accounting department in a lean manufacturing company, and your company uses a standard costing system, it is inevitable that the you will be faced with dealing how your standard ...

Empty grocery store shelves in April 2020 and bare car dealerships in 2021 led to a lot of finger pointing. And much of the blame fell on lean inventory or just-in-time supply chain management.

The economic downturn of 2020 has been tough on the light-jet market, flooding the field with used aircraft. But you might not know that if you’re looking for a Nextant 400XT/400XTi; as this is being ...

Inventory levels of key items in the technology industry's supply chain---components like semiconductors, hard drives and interconnects---are very lean, according to a report by Goldman Sachs. These ...

Another wave of lockdowns will renew concerns about supply chains and shortages. As a grower of fresh mushrooms, for decades I experienced the difficulties of filling orders during wild fluctuations ...

Lean inventory levels at the end of calendar year 2025 indicate better demand-supply alignment and set the stage for ...

Kanban is an inventory scheduling system that allows companies to stock only needed components and arts in the production or distribution process. Lean manufacturing systems use the Kanban as a ...