The Lean Insider

I was intrigued by an article in The New York Times this week describing how Boeing is actually turning away orders, even from some of its b...

I was impressed by a Baxter Healthcare presentation at the recent AME conference for two reasons. First, the speakers described how to app...

Thanksgiving is tomorrow, so I thought I’d depart from the usual subject areas for this blog to ponder how one might achieve a lean Thanksgi...

If you want to learn about lean, your choices include hiring a consultant, attending seminars and conferences, visiting Internet forums or c...

I recently heard statements that were a perfect example of two things: what lean manufacturing is all about, and everything that is wrong wi...

I’m always a little skeptical of business statistics from the government; they often don’t tell us what we really want or need to know.     ...

It’s always encouraging when lean principles are applied to the public sector to make government work more efficiently. In a small community...

Comments at the recent Center for Automotive Research conference on “Supplier Challenges, Investor Opportunities” included some optimism th...

            If you’re looking for a job that requires lean skills, you’re in a good position right now – if you can document what you’ve acc...

Occasionally, we hear about lean principles being applied not just to improve a business, but to actually improve the world. Such was the ca...