Lean principles not only can be employed by whole companies or whole teams, but can even be adopted at the individual level, to make your life easier
5 Benefits of One-Piece Flow
Among the key methods that organizations today use to set up a lean environment is to implement one-piece flow. In one-piece
Collaborative Leadership Is a Different Skillset
The concept of collaborative leadership seems foreign to some professionals new to a leadership role. Most newly anointed leaders anticipate an
Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ): Using it to Drive Business Improvement
Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) investigates the costs that result from the provision of poor quality goods and services in order to find ways to improve
8 Forms of Waste in Lean Facilities Management
Facilities management is a field that somewhat predisposes to creating waste and misusing resources. This makes it important to keep a close eye on
5 Ways to Verify Product Design Meets Customer Needs
Product design failures are one of the most common problems faced by companies today. These companies continuously develop and release products and
What are the Principles of Lean Manufacturing?
Lean manufacturing is all around us nowadays, and it's hard to miss all the talks about it. Yet at the same time, people often find it hard to
[VIDEO] The Eight Types of Waste in Healthcare
Introducing lean thinking in an organization must be a whole-system strategy.  Those at the very top of the organization must lead it. It requires
Achieving a Lean Operation: How Can We Discover Waste?
Waste is probably the most hated and feared word by lean experts worldwide, which makes sense considering that many of the ideas and practices lean is