“ Respect for people” is a fundamental principle of Lean and a major difference between Lean and the Western, more Taylor -esque, concept o...

With this post, I take a closer look at the Training Within Industry's Job Instruction course that I introduced in the post "The...

This past January, Mark Graban and I had the honor and pleasure of speaking at the 2019 American Veterinary Medical Association's Veteri...

As doctors and veterinary staff, we are well acquainted with the daily ritual of morning or change of shift medical rounds. This is the gat...

Over the past few years, while discussing what Lean is with people, I have had one or two of them make comments to the effect that they were...

Last month, shortly after my blog on the “Lean Self”, my friend and mentor Mark Graban posted a comment to that blog. This was unusual.  Us...

One of the aspects of the Lean methodology that I appreciate most of all is the breadth of its  application. Lean is applicable to manufac...