We present a novel lean manufacturing procedure relying on the Value Stream Mapping (VSM) tool and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique. The procedure is iterative and hierarchical. Starting ...

The process of creating a value stream map takes all the necessary people, processes, information and inventory, and displays them in a flowchart format. By visualizing all elements that go into ...

Course Description A key focus of any Lean Six Sigma improvement is to identify and remove waste to improve the flow of value to the customer. Value stream mapping is an essential technique used to ...

The map of the current state presents the real situation in which the company lives, being possible to identify, analyze, identify points of reduction or elimination of waste (where there is no value ...

Business process mapping details your process. From start to finish, it shows what needs to happen to reach the end goal. The procedure includes necessary participants, their tasks, and their ...

Industry Insights from Thomson Reuters Institute, a part of Thomson Reuters. How has the idea of process improvement taken hold within the legal industry in the wake of the pandemic? Fred Esposito ...

In a new series of blog posts, we discuss process improvement with Fred Esposito, COO of the regional law firm Rivkin Radler. Esposito has more than 25 years of law and accounting firm experience, is ...