Name: Live Webinar: Eliminating Waste Through Lean Manufacturing
Start: 2026-10-28T15:00:00Z
End: 2026-10-28T15:45:00Z

Program Overview

What is Lean Manufacturing
Overview of the 8 Wastes
Reducing Defects that Require Costly Correction
Avoiding Over-Production of a Product
Reducing Waiting by People and Idle Equipment
Success Stories

Lean manufacturing organizations focus on delivering results through the identification and elimination of waste. The tools that generate true cost savings by eliminating waste include product quality improvement, lead-time reduction, and cost reduction.

Lean manufacturing focuses on 8 types of waste:

Unnecessary transportation
Excess inventory
Unnecessary movement of people, equipment, or machinery
Waiting – either people or idle equipment
Over-production of a product
Over-processing or adding unnecessary features to a product
Defects that require costly correction
Unused talent and ingenuity

Join this interactive live webinar where METTLER TOLEDO experts will share an overview of Lean Manufacturing and you will also learn about several strategies and applications that can help your operation reduce waste. Several tools will be employed to share the knowledge including discussion, demo, and video.

This webinar is expected to be the first of multiple webinars on Lean Manufacturing, each one touching on different applications and strategies. Ask about scheduling your own demo of these applications.

Speakers

Jason Howard

METTLER TOLEDO, Product Manager

Jason has been with METTLER TOLEDO for 9 years. He acquired his undergraduate degree in operations management before getting his MBA and becoming a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. At MT, Jason has experience in a variety of roles, including service, sales, and quality engineering, that have collectively developed his expertise in his current role as Product Manager of the Terminal Portfolio.

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