The more I research the problems that bedevil U.S. manufacturers and try to find and share the stories of companies that are solving them, the more I appreciate lean management principles. More ...

Human nature typically influences people to solve problems in a vacuum. The consequential risk is devising ineffective solutions that are temporary bandages. The A3 approach forces engagement of all ...

Lean manufacturing has been surrounded by many misconceptions and myths over the past 10 years. While there are enough erroneous ideas on lean to fill many articles, we are going to focus on just one ...

For an investor or entrepreneur in the manufacturing sector, specifically, pharmaceutical industry, adopting A3 Problem-Solving tool is critical for high profitability and cuts off excesses. To this ...