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Ask Art: How Important are Your Suppliers to Implementing Lean Production?
You won't reap the full benefits of lean production without involving your suppliers as an essential part of your value…
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Why Value-Stream Mapping is Essential to Product and Process Development
Learn about a proven way to help cross-functional teams clearly “see” their work and achieve their full potential.
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Expanding the Purpose of Catchball
Learn how catchball, the process of colleagues tossing ideas back and forth to improve them iteratively, helps get the job…
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Embrace Lean for Respect, Learning, and Growth
A new book demonstrates how lean thinking and practices can help organizations manage rapid growth.
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Apples & Oranges: Value-Stream Mapping in a Low-Volume/High-Mix Environment
Here's how one LVHM company mapped its complex value streams — and discovered the path to next-level productivity that enabled…
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Why Coaching is a Core Skill of a Lean Leader
If "learning by doing" at the gemba is the best way to learn lean thinking and practices (and it is),…
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Keep It Simple: Value-Stream Mapping at the Gemba
A veteran lean coach shares a story showing that even simple and quick value-stream mapping can be hugely helpful when…
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How Purpose Shapes Culture
The author of Joy, Inc. reflects on the struggles and rewards of building a leadership culture that elevates human energy.
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10 Tips for Getting the Most Value from Value-Stream Mapping
Before you map your value stream, review and keep in mind these tips for ensuring your organization reaps the performance…
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Overcoming Challenges with Lean Thinking Leads to Record-breaking Performance
Despite obstacles, a new CEO transformed a manufacturing business from plant floor production to design engineering — and created a…
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Understanding the Fundamentals of Value-Stream Mapping
This overview explains the essential elements of this powerful lean practice.
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Ask Art: Is Lean a Good Cost-Reduction Program?
A point-by-point comparison demonstrates why lean thinking and practice is a business strategy, not merely a cost-cutting strategy.
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