The Lean Leader Flip Guide is a wonderful resource as you begin to learn about lean, and also as you teach and implement lean principles with your team or organization.  Follow the link below to access the Lean Leader Flip Guide to download.  From there, you can print it out and cut it out to create a functional flip book, or you can simply click n the hy...

Creating a culture of continuous improvement sounds like an easy enough concept, right? You see something is broken, so you fix it. The problem is, nothing is ever as easy as it sounds. For one thing, some of the biggest problems within your organization could be those hidden from view. This could be the type of documentation you keep or the amount of tim...

“Well, I’m sure you meant well.”

Those are definitely words you’ll never hear from an unsatisfied customer. Unfortunately, intent or effort means little in manufacturing, where customers rely on their vendors to deliver quality products, right on time. Unfortunately, even the best-intentioned lean implementations can go awry with the wrong attitudes, visua...