IndustryWeek’s coverage of lean and continuous improvement over the past year presents a wealth of wisdom to help advance ...

There's a lot of talk about lean muscle compared to bulk muscle, but experts say it's not worth differentiating the two.

For entrepreneurs, the first step in starting a business is building on the solid foundation of a great idea. Something that solves a problem or satisfies a need that was not catered for previously.

“Lean” process improvement can reduce costs, improve efficiency and make execution more predictable. Lean requires an investment and a culture change. Lean has resulted in improved execution in a ...

Lean management has increasingly become a method of choice for hospitals seeking a creative solution to cost and quality problems. However, its manufacturing roots can make Lean a challenging process ...

Lean manufacturing may be decades old, but its relevance is only growing stronger in the age of Industry 4.0. As manufacturers increasingly adopt smart manufacturing technologies, a powerful evolution ...

Uncertainty about the economy doesn’t do companies any favors. When business and consumer spending slows, leaders face tough decisions about which expenses to cut. And workers worry about whether ...

When lean is introduced into a safety project, most people want to end the conversation. Safety, they think, is totally different from lean. Most people still associate lean methodologies with ...

Everybody knows you can cook with wine and beer. But there’s another libation that will add a little fist-pumping, cat-calling action to your meals: hard cider. (Um, by the way, please drink ...

Josh Ozersky has strong feelings about low-fat hamburgers."A lean burger is an abominable object," says Ozersky, author of "The Hamburger: A History." "Everything that is valuable in the meat lies in ...

Archana Gilravi is the senior vice president of Lean In Girls, overseeing a leadership program that empowers girls aged 11 to ...