What Is a Cardboard City? When designing large spaces, different issues can come up that can be caught early on in the design process, if it's
Quality Improvement: Honoring Dr. William Edwards Deming
People with targets and jobs dependent upon meeting them will probably meet the targets - even if they have to destroy the enterprise to do it.' W.
Lean Thinking: Can We Change the World For Social Good?
Poverty in Africa is about the lack of basic human needs faced by certain people in African society. African nations typically fall toward the bottom
The 12 Agile Software Development Principles
What Is Agile Software Development? Developing software is a discipline that's still at a relatively young age, and for the most part, we're still
What Is Mura?
What Is Mura? Mura refers to an unevenness in the distribution of workload in an organization. A production process is a chain of linked events
What Is Muri?
What Is Muri? When looking at the problems in a production process, it's often important to realize the root cause behind each actual obstruction.
Where Did Agile Come From?
Where Did Agile Come From? If you're running a lean startup. or managing your business according to the Lean Six Sigma methodology, then you'll
Lean Management: An Interview on Implementation at CCBRT
Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Tanzania (CCBRT) was established in 1994 as a Community Based Rehabilitation program, working with
Lean Healthcare: Making a Case for Change
Lean management principles have been used effectively in manufacturing companies for decades, particularly in Japan. Lean thinking begins with driving