The Lean Insider

Does a lean strategy make a company a good place to work? I would certainly think so, since a fundamental concept of lean is respect for peo...

At least one consulting firm actually understands that going abroad to reduce manufacturing costs is a bad idea.             Lean advocates ...

Earlier this year, I leveled some criticism at consulting firm Accenture for what I believed was a misguided article on their Web site abou...

The latest Industry Week survey of U.S. manufacturers causes me to raise this interesting question, particularly since lean has made signi...

Every business says it is committed to meeting the needs of its customers. But most do a poor job of that because they are not in touch with...

While many of the authors whose books we publish often speak at conferences and workshops, a rare opportunity to hear a wide range of author...

Michael Marks, currently manager of a private equity fund and former CEO and chairman of Flextronics, has joined Forbes as a columnist writ...

Can innovation be formalized into a process?             Coca-Cola believes the answer to that intriguing question is yes.             While...

Have you read a book about lean that you felt really helped you improve your business? Or one that gave you an understanding of some aspect ...

The latest news about lean principles being applied to healthcare comes, appropriately, from the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit .      ...