It has become increasingly important to show rapid results along the lean journey. While this is critical to maintain support of senior management, it also is important to establish a process by which ...

We quite often get calls, or find ourselves in a conversation where somebody is inevitably asking, “What’s the leanest way to lay out my factory”? This is always a delicate subject because it is ...

Barry Arbuckle wasn’t totally sold on the idea. Sure, lean philosophies worked in Japanese manufacturing companies, but he wasn’t building cars. Could those waste-reducing principles really organize ...

Lets face it, we all have that one spot in our business that we know is a problem, and we spend copious amounts of time talking about it, arguing about it, and usually in the end, we walk away with ...

As an industry, the American healthcare system falls into three groups: those that embraced Lean principles early and persevered, those that tried and failed and quit, and those that are just waking ...

Colin Parris is CTO & SVP of GE Digital, a global leader in digital technology and empowering digital transformation efforts at scale. As you refine your business strategy for 2021, you may be asking ...

For almost every company or organization, continued growth isn’t just important, it’s essential. Without growth, profitability may decrease. Without growth, employee satisfaction and customer ...

Editor's Note: Carl Livesay will be speaking on the topic of sustaining lean gains at the IndustryWeek Operations Leadership Summit, which will be held June 26-28 in Indianapolis. There are many ...