6 Reasons You Should Consider Lean Consulting

If you have started implementing the Lean management system or are considering doing so, you might want to think about employing a firm...

Speaking the Language - Lean Management System Phrase Book

Acclaimed American journalist and award winning writer Flora Lewis once said, “Learning another language is not only learning different...

Standard Work – Can Your Business Afford Anything Less?

Standard work is a concept at the heart of the Lean business management approach. It is the simple, but powerful idea that every task that...

Can The Six Sigma DMAIC Methodology Work Outside of Manufacturing?

Six Sigma was developed by Motorola in the mid 1980’s as a set of techniques and tools for manufacturing process improvement. It was...

Get in the Back to School Spirit with Lean Training

I need a new outdoor rug for my patio, so I wandered to the far back corner of Target that just a couple of weeks ago was full of grills,...

Does A Lean Organization Abandon Information Technology?

"Stop using all information technology and do everything manually!"

What would be our reaction if the leadership in our company made this...

Standard Work - Do’s and Don’ts

A couple of weeks ago, a resident at New York Methodist Hospital noticed that the overhead PA system didn't appear to be working properly...

How Customer Driven Organizations use Value Stream Mapping

Value stream mapping is a system of visualizing the connection of every action or process required to produce a product to the value it...

Lean Technology: An Oxymoron?

You Don't Have to Choose

In the Lean community, there are many who warn against the use of Lean technology, if not bad-mouthing it...