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For a successful lean implementation, focus intently on planning, communication and training before beginning implementation.             Th...

I previously wrote about the efforts of Tata Motors in India to build a car and sell it for only $2,500 . The plan is intended ...

Along with other lean blogs and healthcare blogs, I’ve been posting a variety of items about how growing numbers of hospitals are applying l...

A recent posting on LinkedIn Answers asks the rather intriguing question, How does one find a truly progressive company?             The wr...

I was fascinated by a story this week about improvements in air safety. While I may be stretching things a bit, it seemed to me to be a good...

            Incorporating lean into the curriculum of engineering and business colleges is a good idea, but it involves more than teaching s...

I was amused and a bit intrigued by a new report from a supply chain software and services company. The report from Supply Chain Consultants...

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...