Your lean culture depends on you providing the correct answer to this basic question: Who leads and owns the lean transformation? Who has the responsibility to create ...

However, lean’s many benefits extend well beyond the assembly line. And, as a new book argues, its qualitative approach to enterprise improvement has never been more relevant. What a Unicorn Knows, by ...

In today's uncertain business climate, many companies are continually evaluating their performance improvement efforts to take control of margin improvement. This involves regularly evaluating the ...

Standardizing your company’s approach can pay off. Here’s how. by Michael Mankins In lean manufacturing, the goal is to establish precise procedures for making products in the safest, easiest, and ...

In today’s fast-paced, ever-evolving business landscape, activity is constant—but impact is not. Teams are busy, calendars are full and ideas are endless. Yet not all motion leads to progress. I have ...

Strategic flexibility Most businesses decide future changes in strategy based on past decisions on investments, resources, systems, and operational capabilities. These decisions have created core ...

We believe that Larry Culp is engineering a successful turnaround of General Electric and that there's still upside in this story, particularly with the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.

Earnings Call Insights: C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (CHRW) Q3 2025 Lee announced an increase in the 2026 operating income target, stating, "We originally expected to increase our 2026 operating ...

Although the business landscape may be changing rapidly, one thing has remained the same: the need to evolve with it. No one knows what the future holds, but we can better prepare ourselves for ...