He's a manufacturing guru who never manufactured anything. He's a management expert who never managed anything. He's James P. Womack, manufacturing guru and management expert, who described himself as ...

CLEVELAND, March 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Lean Focus LLC®, a leading provider of Growth, Lean, and Leadership consulting services, has just launched a new talent search offering for their clients: ...

I am a lean leader and always willing to share my learnings. I’ve written several blog posts chronicling my lean experience at different organizations. Some of them have been quite popular with ...

To some of you, this article may seem repetitious. However, having walked and talked about dozens of manufacturing floors and operations in the past year alone, I can tell you we’re not done ...

When we say something is “not rocket science” we mean that it is not hard to figure out or to do. If managing people were as easy as rocket science I am sure a rocket scientist would have figured it ...

Lean and Six Sigma aren’t the answer to improving your hospital. Being like Toyota is, but that doesn’t mean the answer is gemba walks and value stream maps. Don’t let the consultants fool you. The ...

Originating from the Japanese term “Gembutsu,” “Gemba Walk” is essentially a lean management practice that has an organization’s leadership visiting the “actual place” where work is done. This might ...