The end of a year is a good time to reflect. As IndustryWeek looks back over 2018, we cannot help but appreciate the excellent lean manufacturing and continuous improvement content that has appeared on our site, in our newsletters and across our community. Every one is worth a read and will teach you something.
Since we can't showcase every one of those articles here, this slideshow highlights the 13 articles in this topic area that drew the greatest interest from readers in 2018. If you didn't read them when they first appeared, here is your opportunity to catch them now.
Bio: Jill Jusko is executive editor for IndustryWeek. She has been writing about manufacturing operations leadership for more than 20 years. Her coverage spotlights companies that are in pursuit of world-class results in quality, productivity, cost and other benchmarks by implementing the latest continuous improvement and lean/Six-Sigma strategies. Jill also coordinatesIndustryWeek’s Best Plants Awards Program, which annually salutes the leading manufacturing facilities in North America.