How a cutting-edge connected operations platform transformed frontline insights, empowered teams, and enhanced continuous improvement across multiple manufacturing sites The project demonstrates how ...

I’m sure most of you reading this have at some point in your career heard the term Gemba and its translation to “the real place.” I like to think of it as simply where work occurs. The Gemba walk ...

I am a lean leader and always willing to share my learnings. I’ve written several blog posts chronicling my lean experience at different organizations. Some of them have been quite popular with ...

Toyota managers would routinely go on gemba walks through production facilities to observe how the work was being done and find ways to improve it, the company has said. ("Kaizen" is another Toyota ...

QUESTION: What do you think about leader standard work? Is it valuable? ANSWER: First of all, I think of leader standard work as being fundamental to any company that is committed to continuous ...

Ford was one of the world's most recalled brands in 2024, and it looks like it is in the lead for 2025 as well. The executives are going out of their way to reduce quality issues, the number of ...

Even small businesses deserve their day in the sun. Nine hours a week of transactions may stymie your imagination or rattle your opinions as to why pursue this course of action. Pursue we do, two ...

As senior business leaders, it’s easy to slip into thinking that our role is to provide answers to the problems facing the company. And while coming up with solutions is a critical element of good ...