When lean is introduced into a safety project, most people want to end the conversation. Safety, they think, is totally different from lean. Most people still associate lean methodologies with ...

Lean@VirginiaTech will host a â Why Lean Safety?â workshop on October 26 and 27, 2011 in the Raleigh-Durham airport area and share insights on how to best manage safety issues using Lean principles.

Too often, manufacturers think of safety only in terms of compliance. Its easy to understand why. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration requires companies to observe a wealth of rules and ...

Contractors that embrace lean construction principles in the name of reducing waste and enhancing value often discover other facets of their operations that are ripe for improvement. By using lean’s ...