As the business approach known as "Lean" that was born in the Japanese auto industry decades ago spreads through American government, it's making its mark on processes, from the issuance of driver's ...

Increasingly, global competition requires that manufacturing companies improve their production efficiencies or face extinction. And indeed, by adopting Toyota's Lean System, companies have achieved ...

Because lean manufacturing reduces waste and increases the efficiency of your production line, it has an impact on other parts of the business. Converting to the new system requires adjustments within ...

Lean thinking originated with the Toyota Production System. Its success in streamlining existing automotive manufacturing processes led to the adaptation of those principles to other areas of business ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. I have a problem with what’s called the “lean startup.” I like to think I use it as much as I can, and even that I was using that method ...

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Colin Parris is CTO & SVP of GE Digital, a global leader in digital technology and empowering digital transformation efforts at scale. As you refine your business strategy for 2021, you may be asking ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Lean is good. Fat is bad. Right? Maybe not. Ask the polar bear if he doesn’t store fat, how would he survive the winter? This furry ...

As we have previously covered on this blog, the primary purpose of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) methodology is to eliminate waste and reduce variation in manufacturing, service and design processes, thus ...

Lean is a business philosophy applicable to any kind of work process at any kind of business. The premise: driving out waste in all of its forms will lead to better value for the customer. It means ...

The notion of Lean Six Sigma and innovation being used in the same process, or even the same sentence, is considered by many to be an oxymoron. How is it that a process-focused methodology like Lean ...

The lean startup technique is a three-step approach designed to help companies improve their decision-making in order to ...