We quite often get calls, or find ourselves in a conversation where somebody is inevitably asking, “What’s the leanest way to lay out my factory”? This is always a delicate subject because it is ...

If your company is experiencing healthy growth of revenues and profits, you may be attending IWF 2018 to purchase new process machinery. In that case you should be completing a study that justifies ...

Before Duerr Inc. laid out its new building, it had a wish list built over years to start the planning. The company’s best single investment? The central material handling system. Husky’s Factory ...

Lean manufacturers have a leg up on speeding products to market, reducing costs and keeping customers happy. In this overview, I’ll share how to engineer, set up and manage the project for a lean ...

Whether you’re just starting out or already knee-deep in conveyor belts, refining your factory layout can make or break your production flow. From tiered starter setups to advanced scaling strategies, ...

An optimal coal pile design takes into account the site-specific (and often conflicting) needs of a new power plant early in its design — rather than using whatever land is available after the plant ...

When constructing a chiller plant, there are several decisions to be made regarding design, equipment selection, and processes. These choices can be influenced by budget constraints and space ...

Text description provided by the architects. DEEJ is the new campus in Shangdong, China, designed for Shandong Dong-e e-Jaio, a Chinese pharmaceutical company that creates a range of health-care ...

How can a lean factory tollgate process work? Here is a sample tollgate path for re-working your facility’s layout – or setting it up from scratch. Tollgate 0 – Completely evaluate brownfield and ...