Beyond Manufacturing

This is part of a five part series on a recent McKinsey series of article on lean manufacturing. Other posts in the series: Introduction, Public Secto…

This is part of a five part series on a recent McKinsey series of article on lean manufacturing. Other posts in the series: Introduction, Public Secto…

Those of us that have started small businesses, especially ones with actual employees, become rather intimate with government bureaucracy... local, st…

Two steps forward, one step back. Lean healthcare initiatives have really been taking off at several locations around the country. Costs are being red…

If a tree falls in the woods and no one hears it, did it make a sound? If time doesn't exist, can there be just-in-time manufacturing? Those are…

Yesterday we told you about a new blog, Lean Software Engineering. Those of us that have lead groups that included software engineers know that softwa…

A couple months ago we told you about Dr. Sami Bahri, the Florida dentist that is actively embracing lean manufacturing principles. The patient is su…

There are some core concepts that we try to drive home day in and day out, directly or indirectly related to lean manufacturing. Respect for people, t…