The Lean Insider

Some people think that lean is all about using tools. These people – they may be consultants, or they may be your own managers – may help yo...

DaimlerChrysler wants to sell Chrysler, but anyone who would buy it should not buy it. What should DaimlerChrysler do?             Before I ...

The growing interest in applying lean to healthcare has been widely reported, and it’s something I’ve previously written about here. Our lat...

How does Toyota think? Good insight into the answer comes from two recent experiences I’ve had. One was hearing a speech by a Toyota execu...

Most people are aware of the burgeoning movement to apply lean principles to healthcare. A company called Awarix has come up with an intri...

Sometimes, even smart people just don’t get it.             A university professor has written a column in The New York Times suggesting th...

I’m beginning to think the problem at General Motors, one of the largest enterprises in the world, is that they don’t think like one enterpr...

Kevin Meyer, in a recent posting on the Evolving Excellence blog , discussed how he and Bill Waddell are using a “print on demand” company f...

A controversy has arisen over a recipient of the 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award . Today’s posting, commenting on the controver...

            For a supply chain to become lean, every part of the supply chain has to work properly. (The same is true in manufacturing; the ...