TAT is how long a process takes to finish from beginning to end. This includes wasted time, and time spent waiting for ...

This column will introduce a lead-time metric that has seen 20 years of successful application in industry and fits-to-a-T what is needed for Next Generation Lean. This inclusion of suppliers and ...

Process Cycle Efficiency (PCE) is a simple calculation that will define what percent of your total processing time is consumed by waste. It will also show you where that waste is and how you might try ...

According to Jeffery Liker’s book, The Toyota Way, it’s estimated that most business processes are 90% waste and 10% value-added work. Value-added activities in a process are considered those that ...