While Lean principles have been known and applied in a variety of manufacturing processes, the applications in product development have been slower to come. Several companies have also applied Lean to ...

He combines process-based QMS development and Lean thinking to improve process effectiveness and enterprise profitability. His experience includes developing technical curriculum and workshops, and ...

Lean thinking originated with the Toyota Production System. Its success in streamlining existing automotive manufacturing processes led to the adaptation of those principles to other areas of business ...

Not finding out what your customers want kills your startup. It’s the single most important thing our team needs to be focusing on. And it is your job as the CEO, to lead the way in discovering how ...

At least half of all product launches fail to live up to companies’ expectations. For every four projects that enter development, only one makes it to market, according to a recent study at Georgetown ...

Organizations aim to improve their processes’ efficiency and effectiveness by reducing waste, which creates a need for experts in project management frameworks and process improvement techniques such ...

On August 25-26, 2016, the 12 th annual Lean Accounting Summit was held in San Antonio, Texas. I was honored to be invited to speak for the third time as a representative of the Reshoring Initiative ...

For the uninitiated, the Lean Startup methodology is a practice for developing products and businesses based on ‘validated learning’, getting customer feedback quickly and often. The process was ...

When your product is being ripped out of your hands by eager customers and you cannot keep up with their demand for more, you have achieved the nirvana known as “product-market fit.” Most startups ...