The Lean Insider

An interesting article about Google in the July 2 issue of Forbes prompts some thoughts about the meaning of the lean concept of respect for...

Toyota gets most of the publicity, but it’s not the only Asian automaker pursuing a lean strategy.             Nissan is another, or at lea...

Can you teach lean principles to elementary school students? The Mountain View Whisman School District in Mountain View , California , is...

An excellent column in The New York Times this week says a great deal about the dangers of outsourcing and what customers regard as value. ...

An excellent column in The New York Times this week says a great deal about the dangers of outsourcing and what customers regard as value. ...

Logistics costs are rising, and increased inventory is one of the reasons, according to a new report.             On the face of it, that mi...

  In an action that embodies the principles of both visual controls and standard work, several Arizona hospitals have agreed to all use the...

Here’s one I hadn’t heard before.             The Marine Fisheries Agency, a branch of the British government, has announced a series of gra...

I rarely write about awards, but I was intrigued by some awards presented at the recent Automotive News Manufacturing Conference – awards t...

Sometimes things go wrong. You fail to produce the quantity of product you need by a deadline. A shipment is delayed. Or something else happ...