The financial services sector has been a laggard in adopting lean tools and practices, perhaps because of their manufacturing origins. But those attitudes are slowly changing. As more banks discover ...

Research in the International Journal of Services and Operations Management has looked at the pharmaceutical industry in Jordan from the perspective of lean manufacturing practices and operations, ...

Lean manufacturing starts with “buy in” at the shop-floor level, by individual workers. Those who do the work need to be fully invested in the process for it to succeed. Lean manufacturing is perhaps ...

Lean advocates—and I consider myself one—might do better if they stop talking about lean. Let’s face it: When executives and workers hear “lean,” not a lot of good happens. They think it’s yet another ...

First-year student Rohan Rajiv is blogging once a week about important lessons he is learning at Kellogg. Read more of his posts here. In the past week, we’ve been deconstructing the idea of “Lean ...

When it comes to lean versus Six Sigma talent demand, lean wins, hands down. That’s the primary takeaway from a 2022 study by executive search and recruiting firm the Avery Point Group, based on its ...

Companies that have utilized lean manufacturing principles know a thing or two about cutting waste. With inauguration day behind us, we’ve already seen some of the first big moves from the new ...

Safety has been getting an unexpected boost at some facilities that, in the past, did not seem so committed to a proactive safety approach. Old school employers are unexpectedly adopting many of the ...

The philosophy of lean has had a major influence on the material handling and logistics sector for arguably over half a century. Certainly well before we were calling it “lean,” and possibly all the ...

MIAMI, Jan. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lean Solutions Group, a global leader in AI-enabled business services, today announced its selection by CarParts.com (NASDAQ: PRTS) to deliver advanced ...