The Lean Insider

One of the most effective problem-solving approaches used by Toyota is the A3 report. "A3" is actually a paper size (11" x 17...

I first met Cheryl Jekiel -- vice president of Human Resources for the Flying Food Group -- at an annual Association for Manufacturing Excel...

During the past few years, I've attended many insightful presentations given by Michael Bremer while participating in conferences focus...

Chris Harris is one of the authors of a new book titled Lean Supplier Development: Establishing Partnerships and True Costs Throughout the ...

I recently had a conversation with Jim Rains , author of a new book titled Target Cost Management: The Ladder to Global Survival and Success...

A recent article over on the ThomasNet news site, authored by David R. Butcher, confirms what a lot of Lean champions have been declaring ...

I came across this interesting article that provides a little insight into how Volvo developed one of its new trucks -- the Volvo FMX. Acc...

Over at the PharmTech.com site, an article by Christian Houborg details a case study on how Lean can drive the creation of an improved cul...

Back in July, an article , authored by Daisuke Wakabayashi and Jung-ah Lee appeared in The Wall Street Journal that reported such compani...

According to this article on the Supply Chain Brain forum , which details survey results provided by Capgemini Consulting , "dissatisf...