Ready to build your own lean-to shed? In Part 1 of this full DIY series, we start from the ground up - laying out the ...

How do you build a business case for Lean Six Sigma as a non-profit? You’re not building towards record profits, so the usual business case for pursuing an implementation is out the window. As we’ve ...

After a successful use of lean processes to streamline its emergency department throughput, Cincinnati-based TriHealth executives got interested in imbedding lean processes elsewhere in the system. So ...

Market research statistics indicate that more than 300 million startups are launched globally each year. Of that amount, only about 10% manage to become successful businesses. Startups in the digital ...

Simply put, lean is the practice of creating more value with fewer resources. The concept is inspired by the Japanese management theory from Toyota, where lean concepts are designed to improve and ...

Liseth Velez at a jobsite in Lowell, Massachusetts, where she grew up.. Photography by Jillian Freyer Liseth Velez, 33, knows how it feels to completely rebuild. Growing up in Lowell, Massachusetts, ...