The Origins of Lean Thinking, and its Limitations Lean thinking has been based predominantly on the Toyota Production System (TPS) and The Toyota Way. TPS was developed between 1948 and 1975 according ...

Innovation is vital to any successful business, but it can be challenging to achieve. Nearly all executives will say that innovation is essential, but there is little consensus on how to manage it.

It seems like every time there is an inventory problem, lean manufacturing or lean principles get the blame. Store shelves were bereft of paper towels for weeks or months at a time during the early ...