As Vietnam’s productivity is one of the lowest in Asia, the “Made in Vietnam” lean management model is considered an effective solution to the country’s productivity issues in the Industry 4.0 era. As ...

The purpose of lean management is to sustain a lean production system. Without a lean management system, lean implementation often falters, sometimes fails, and virtually never delivers up to its long ...

How did the number one ranking academic medical center in patient survival save $46 million in financial benefits last year? Denver Health has committed to 400 rapid-improvement projects and ...

In the first four parts of this lean energy management (LEM) series we have laid out the logic for adoption of lean management techniques common to other manufacturing industries like automotive and ...

We’ve all heard the success stories of companies that do well implementing Lean principles. We've also heard the overwhelming number of Lean stories of companies that are disappointed with their lean ...

Picking up from last month’s discussion of the four principle elements of the Lean Management System, this month’s column will focus on the second element — visual controls. The four elements that ...

he Toyota Production System, which was developed from the late 1940s through the mid-1970s by top Toyota executives to improve the company’s manufacturing processes, is now used by numerous companies ...

I attended the 2015 Lean Accounting Summit on October 8-9 th in Jacksonville, Fla., produced by Lean Frontiers, headed up by founder and President Jim Huntzinger. It was two days of information-packed ...

Ultradeepwater oil and gas exploration and development is a frontier much like landing on the moon was in the 1960s. The offshore challenge is twofold: Deal with the risks and uncertainties of the ...

A lean business model is an approach to business development that focuses on creating value for the customer while minimizing waste within the organization. This model derives its core principles from ...