Continuous Improvement in Sports, Teaching and Beyond
Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Kerelin Molina When we talk about continuous improvement—sometimes referred to by the Japanese term kaizen—we often discuss it...
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Continuous Improvement Applied to Safety at Toyota
Photo: Toyota Industrial Equipment Manufacturing A recent article at EHS Today explains how a Toyota plant that manufactures forklifts in Columbus,...
Lean Featured in GE Capital TV Commercial
Mark Graban over at Lean Blog recently wrote about a GE Capital TV commercial that includes the Lean turnaround process in...
What Does a Lean Hospital Look Like?
Lean manufacturing principles may have originated in manufacturing industries, but in recent years they’ve been used quite effectively in the...
One-Piece Flow – A Lean Strategy Applied to Clothing Making
Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Pdpics Janska, a women’s clothing company that strives to keep all of its manufacturing in the U.S., recently...
Using Lean to Reach Your Potential
Lean methodologies can be used on an organizational level, but also on an individual level. You can use lean to...