The Lean Insider

Although environmental sustainability has entered many strategic corporate business plans -- due to either the pressures to comply with stri...

The concept of sustainability has considerably proliferated during the past few years, and many organizations are recognizing its importance...

As most lean advocates know, successful improvement initiatives cannot be driven by legislation or regulatory requirements. Any “program” th...

Most articles reporting improvement-effort results focus on quantifiable measurements, such as on-time delivery, rate of defects, and capaci...

Initial adoption of lean initiatives in the process industry was quite slow. Many of the early lean techniques used in traditional manufactu...

About three years ago, the Tecumseh Products Company (best known for producing refrigeration compressors) closed a manufacturing plant in Wi...

The adoption of lean initiatives within the healthcare industry has gained some notoriety in the mainstream press, and I'm sure most lea...

One of the most common problems arising on any lean transformation journey is “plateauing” – the initiative loses momentum after a flurry of...

It appears the most common cause of lean-initiative failures is the lack of senior-leadership support and commitment. Are senior management ...

I was quite intrigued by a recent article detailing the growth and success of Hyundai Motor Company that appeared in Fortune magazine. The...