The Lean Insider

Much has been written on the effectiveness of Hoshin Kanri (also known as Hoshin Planning or policy deployment), which is a method for ensur...

Kevin Duggan , with Tim Healey , recently published an important new book that expands on, and transcends, the topic of value stream mapping...

For this blog post, I’m turning the reigns over to Dr. Shahrukh Irani to explore how Lean initiatives can be successful in high-mix/low-vol...

Lean advocates have long been critical of the fact that traditional accounting systems motivate over-production and promote building invento...

It has been 10 years since the publication of the award-winning, best-selling book called The Complete Lean Enterprise: Value Stream Mapping...

During the past few years, many books have been published addressing the advantages of deploying Lean continuous improvement in IT operation...

Mark J. Anderson and Patrick J. Whitcomb just published the the third edition of their innovative book, DOE Simplified: Practical Tools fo...

I spoke with Pascal Dennis this past week and had the chance to ask him a few questions about the recent publication of his new book Lean ...

Last month, a book titled The Green Factory: Creating Lean and Sustainable Manufacturing authored by Andrea Pampanelli , Neil Trivedi , and...

I often hear the fear from right-brained functions, staff, and executives that Lean kills creativity. In the watershed book titled Lean-Dri...