Evidence of lean thinking implementation is found in various areas such as services, healthcare, and different industries like the automotive industry, aerospac

Lean Thinking was launched in the fall of 1996, just in time for the recession of 1997. It told the story of how American, European, and Japanese firms applied

Winner of the Shingo Prize for Excellence in Quality Improvement -From the Shingo judges: This work has an extremely widespread application as the tools, techni

Within manufacturing industries, lean manufacturing and systems rooted in lean principles stand out as the most effective tool used to enhance productivity, qua

Compared to its widespread implementation across almost all areas of production, Lean improvement efforts lag within the process industries. While many innovato