Five key principles of lean: value, value stream, flow, pull, and perfection, can be applied to any business process that contains wasteful steps, in any industry.
Lean manufacturing, a process that originated in Japan decades ago, is widely embraced by manufacturers today as a way to eliminate waste from manufacturing operations. “Lean” companies improve quality and efficiency through implementing core lean principles, thereby reducing cost, adding value for customers, and gaining a competitive edge in the marketplace. Lean uses a number of tools ...
As an industry, the American healthcare system falls into three groups: those that embraced Lean principles early and persevered, those that tried and failed and quit, and those that are just waking ...
STRANG is a Miami-based design firm renowned for advancing the principles of Environmental Modernism in extraordinary locations around the world. This concept, dubbed by the firm, reflects their deep commitment to designing stunning architectural works that maintain an acute awareness of each project's surrounding environment and site. Founded by Max Strang in 1998, the firm’s distinguished ...
The low-slung design continues the firm’s experimentations with the floating, rectilinear frame. The Mountain Lake Residence shares many similarities with Strang’s preceding design for Lake House, however, the Mountain Lake Residence internalizes its covered terrace and thus maintains a purer expression of the frame.
cross the Gulf Coast, resilient design has become less about creating a fortress and more about working with the forces that shape its environment. When Hurricane Ian struck in 2022, followed by Helene and AMilton two years later, Southwest Florida started building from a new baseline. Our homes needed to withstand a Category 5 hurricane—and recover as quickly as possible afterward ...