Lead time is the duration between the start and end of a process. Cycle time is the duration for the entire process to be ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. A few years ago, I was advising a mid-sized electronics manufacturer struggling to deliver ...

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 ...