Kevin Nolan, CTO of GE Appliances, spent 28 years at General Electric, “trying to do innovation,” as he puts it, before giving up. He finally accepted he couldn’t do it, internally at least. At one ...

“Lean” process improvement can reduce costs, improve efficiency and make execution more predictable. Lean requires an investment and a culture change. Lean has resulted in improved execution in a ...

Teach people about Lean manufacturing. That is what the U.S. Air Force asked me to do. OK, but before I could teach it, I had ...

LOUISVILLE, KY. —On Friday, Feb. 10, the GeoSpring, GE’sfirst hybrid electric ENERGY STAR-qualified water heater manufactured in the U.S., rolled off the assembly line at GE’s Appliance Park in ...

Editor's Note: This is the second part of a two-part story. The first part is Transforming Your Business To Lean: Lessons Learned. On the path toward global competitiveness and industry dominance, ...

Managers and leaders need to look at a management philosophy in its entirety. Lean isn’t about penny-pinching In a time of “less is more”, thought leaders across organizations are adopting Lean ...

General Electric (NYSE:GE) +2% pre-market following Thursday's Investor Day event, where the company reiterated 2022 financial guidance as well as longer-term profit and cash generation goals, ...

GMIS places manufacturing at the heart of international economic regeneration and government policymaking GE will share its experiences and best practices during the weeklong #GMIS2021 Summit, to be ...

Relentlessly improve through lean is the operational strategy at Watlow. Here, employees review performance at the gemba. A skilled welder isn’t born fully fledged. Neither is a superior athlete or an ...