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In the October 2011 issue of Harvard Business Review is an article, entitled “Lean Knowledge Work”, where authors Bradley Staats and David Upton explore the issue of whether the lean knowledge ...
No survey of modern automotive manufacturing can possibly overlook the “lean” techniques and cultural values developed in Toyota’s Production System, so it was inevitable that The Magical Mystery ...
In the wake of the latest indices showing the second straight month of manufacturing decline, some U.S. manufacturers struggling to compete globally may be looking again at moving business overseas to ...
SmartPlanet colleagues Andrew Nusca and Larry Dignan have been doing a great job following the debacle involving Toyota’s sticky gas pedals, and point to discussions about how the automaker's ...
In this article Computer Associates' Sumner Blount explains the four main principles of Lean GRC -- highlighting how companies can leverage the concepts of Lean Manufacturing and Lean IT to help ...
So, what is lean management exactly? Put in its most simple form, lean management is about eliminating waste without sacrificing productivity to improve work processes, purposes, stakeholder value, ...