2016年3月9日 · Five key principles of lean: value, value stream, flow, pull, and perfection, can be applied to any business process that contains wasteful steps, in any industry.

2020年8月27日 · Lean manufacturing has been around for decades. The implementation of lean tools and techniques usually results in impressive gains in efficiency and production. These eight real-life examples show how lean methods improve operational performance and reduce costs.

2022年6月29日 · Internet of Things tech help manufacturers attain lean objectives. Optimized production and inventory control, reduced maintenance, reduced operating costs.

2023年1月31日 · Lean manufacturing was originally created by Toyota to eliminate waste and inefficiency in its manufacturing operations. Lean is a straightforward, common-sense approach for improving manufacturing operations that can be applied to any production process. The goal of lean is to eliminate waste—the non-value-added components in any process. Unless a …

2012年12月19日 · This could include lean construction, alternative assignments (a workable backlog) for the crews on-site, and alternative uses of labor time for training and providing feedback. "Management effort should be devoted to eliminating causes of variation in the planning stage," concludes Liu.

2019年10月14日 · LIDAR, commonly used in high resolution mapping and for navigation in some autonomous vehicles, is a method of surveying that measures distance to an object or area, illuminating the target with a laser light and measuring the reflected light with a sensor.

2010年12月23日 · Many manufacturers are investigating how the configure-to-order model could be put to use at their own companies and some have implemented the method—along with the necessary software to get the job done—with great success. Their approaches follow the Dell model: same basic parts, many configurations; and the capability to assemble the product to …

Acknowledgement Dedication Chapter 1 A Case for Agile; Changing Landscape of Project Management; Why Projects Fail; Case Example; Is “Work the Plan and Plan the Work” Obsolete?; Assembling a Jigsaw Puzzle; Do We Still Need Project Managers?; Agile Benefits. Chapter 2 Agile Methods; Overview; Principles of Agile Development; Extreme Programming (XP); …

2019年4月1日 · The original blockchain patent is cited in 258 later patents and patent applications. For example, Patent Application No. 2015/0332283 (2015) is for a method of using the blockchain technology for healthcare transactions validation. No. 2017/0109955 (2017) is for a blockchain electronic voting system and method.

2024年6月10日 · Soft robotics are developed from highly flexible materials, allowing for movements and actions that mimic biological systems more closely than traditional rigid robots. Toyota Research Institute (TRI) has been at the forefront of this technology with its development of the soft robot, Punyo, which represents a leap forward in soft robotics by emphasizing safe …