Dr. Adil Dalal, DBA is CEO, keynote speaker, leadership guru, author of 4 books, and winner of numerous prestigious global awards. Lean technology, also known as the Toyota Production System (TPS), ...

Although the official percentage is debatable, on average well over 60% of lean transformation efforts fail. With so many resources available today, from books to articles to consulting firm after ...

There is a lean thinking book that should be in everyone’s library. It is titled, “All I Need to Know about Manufacturing I Learned in Joe’s Garage: World Class Manufacturing Made Simple” by William ...

It is an unfortunate fact: Many senior leaders and senior staff do not understand the fundamentals of lean. It’s one thing to recite knowledge of lean, and another to live lean every day—both on the ...

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“Lean” methodology creates quality improvement and leadership capacity, which is currently missing in ambulatory care settings. Failure to create this capacity will minimize transformation efforts.

It’s true that leadership skills are necessary for managers to be great leaders. However, managers aren’t the only individuals within an organization who can benefit from having strong leadership ...

Viking Plastics embraces automation to help improve productivity, "and we do this while growing people," says Shawn Gross, engineering manager. Lean—be it lean manufacturing or the lean enterprise—has ...