The Lean Insider

Economies of scale and lean are two separate concepts that I have always thought sometimes seem to be at odds with each other. Lean...

You run a U.S. company, and you have worked to make your processes lean. You are doing a good job of creating value for your customers. ...

I have no problem with technology, but too often organizations look for a high-tech solution to a problem that can be addressed with somet...

As a lean devotee, I can’t help but think of what lean can do whenever I hear about waste. And I heard some striking facts about waste recen...

A lean strategy is valid for both good times and bad, and should not be viewed only as a way to cope with a downturn. But at the same time...

I don’t want to bail out the auto industry. I don’t like the concept of government bailing out private industry. And I particularly don’t...

Do you have a lean intranet? You may not know, because you’ve probably never heard that phrase before. I hadn’t, until I read a posting on a...

Current economic problems are shifting the lean landscape, increasing interest among certain industries, adding a new sense of urgency to ...

(This is the third of several guest postings by Carlos Venegas, author of Flow in the Office: Implementing and Sustaining Lean Improvements ...

(This is the second of several guest postings by Carlos Venegas, author of Flow in the Office: Implementing and Sustaining Lean Improvemen...