Takt Time vs. Cycle Time: when do you choose what to use? Regardless of your processes’ efficiency, you will have to measure the time eventually. Now, if you’re a new Six Sigma practitioner, you might ...

Through Germany, via Japan, into world Lean language. Jon Miller defines Takt without getting lost in translation... This week I am in the land of takt time: Germany. A banner on a railroad underpass ...

The Ford Production System paved the way for most modern lean manufacturing, and the best physical embodiment of it was the Willow Run B-24 bomber production facility in WWII. After intervention from ...

The case was prepared to be used as part of a process review in the first year Technology and Operations Management course at HBS. It offers students an opportunity to discuss the context of a ...