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Knowledge and experience in quality and continuous improvement are highly valued by today's employers. The principles are being applied in engineering, healthcare, business, service, nonprofits, and ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Institute for Water Resources, Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC) has been developing software for decades, and during that time, the technologies to develop, ...

The Chemical Engineering and Chemical and Biological Engineering degree programs are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET: http://www.abet ...

Continuous improvement is a journey with no fixed endpoint -- no matter how good you get, you can always get better. But, do enough this right for a long enough time, and an organization can acheive ...

Advances in accessibility, reliability, materials offering and part quality have made 3D printers a powerful tool for implementing continuous improvement initiatives, says Dave Veisz, VP Engineering ...

In the parable of the bricklayers, a traveler encounters three workers mortaring rows of bricks onto other bricks. “What are you doing?” inquires the traveler. The first worker answers, “What does it ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

The performance-punishing nature of poor workplace design is a persistent issue filled with musculoskeletal injuries and rising medical care costs. Many manufacturing and industrial companies attempt ...

Ruth Archer is the Director of Continuous Improvement at Michigan Technological University and a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt. She manages the continuous improvement activities for the university, ...