Make Plants Leaner, Cleaner and More Productive ...

Help for Small Manufacturers in Making Plants Leaner, Cleaner and More Productive

... "Originating in Japan in the 1970s, lean manufacturing is a concept that eliminates manufacturing activities or actions that add no real value to the product or service. Under an agreement signed recently by the Modernization Forum and Productivity Inc., field manufacturing specialists at NIST MEP centers around the country will receive training in Productivity's 5-S Visual Systems, a lean manufacturing course previously available only to large manufacturers. NIST MEP field manufacturing specialists who receive training will be licensed by Productivity Inc. to use specially customized materials in delivering the training to their clients. " ...