The Lean Insider

            Some resolutions that might contribute to the success of lean initiatives in the year ahead: I will keep an open mind and not in...

Metrics drive behavior, and the wrong metrics drive the wrong behavior. Leanblog (now there’s a user name) writes: At my company the direc...

I previously wrote about how Chinese companies have generally not yet adopted lean practices in their factories . A new report says they are...

Employee engagement and empowerment, which are cornerstones of a lean strategy, are finally beginning to get the recognition they deserve.  ...

From the comments of readers about management roadblocks, dlankford writes:   I have a new manager that wants to build up inventory even tho...

Companies are finally looking more at the big picture when it comes to lean. They may have trouble bringing that picture into focus, but at ...

It’s a bit disconcerting when someone seems to dismiss lean manufacturing as old news. Something along those lines appears in the latest iss...

The comments people have posted so far, responding to my request yesterday for examples of roadblocks to lean caused by management, certainl...

Sometimes the biggest challenge in a lean transformation is management itself. In some cases, top management may not be fully behind your in...

I have to disagree with our friends at the American Society for Quality (ASQ), who I believe recently gave lean manufacturing a little too ...