This column will introduce a lead-time metric that has seen 20 years of successful application in industry and fits-to-a-T what is needed for Next Generation Lean. This inclusion of suppliers and ...

Everyone likes to stay slim and trim throughout, but not everything you want is easy to get! There are no free lunches in life, so to get something working hard for that is important. Individuals can ...

If you’ve recently launched a startup, I’m sure that you’ve heard a lot about being “lean.” But I’m not here to discuss the methodology popularized by the likes of Eric Ries. Today, lean principles ...

What is a surefire way to get your boss’s attention? Try presenting them with a plan to save your organization both time and money. One way to come up with such a plan is Lean Six Sigma, a ...