GE Aviation Invests $27 Million to Develop Newark Lean Lab

Lean Labs allow for collaboration between engineering and manufacturing: "Teams work together to demonstrate a component's manufacturing readiness before needing to scale for full rate production."

GM's Tremblay and Others Feted at ML100 Awards

Diana Tremblay, VP for North American Manufacturing at GM, was named Manufacturing Leader of the Year at the 9th annual Manufacturing Leadership 100 (ML100) Awards.

Toyota Partners with Schools to Collect 14,000 Netbooks

Toyota helped Indiana's Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. ensure the collection of 14,000 netbooks ran as smoothly as the automaker's production lines.

Effectively Reclaim, Recycle, and Reuse Metal Chips and Fluid

Quickly process Aluminum, Brass, Steel, Cast Iron and more with PRAB's complete chip processing system. This skid mounted system is self-contained in a small 4' x 10' area and is forklift portable. Features a diagonal shaft centrifuge, producing 98% dry chips. The fluid recovery tank reclaims coolant while the integral discharge conveyor elevates dry chips for disposal or briquetting. Fully automated with PLC controls and HMI touchscreen. Visit, www.prab.com.

Crane Stationery No Longer Papers Over Inefficiencies

In 2012 Crane Paper's Stationery Division (Dalton MA) began to apply lean principles and methods to their production processes with guidance from GBMP.

Why Warehouse Waste?

At DC Velocity magazine, Toby Gooley reports on what's in store when you "lean your warehouse workforce."