There is a dark side of lean management. Although the benefits of it are enormous, the failure rate for lean programs can be very discouraging. After recently attending a lean management conference, I ...

Successful lean management systems involve software rigor that forces transparency in all design, construction, and operational activities of the owners, operators, and subcontractors. The elimination ...

What does car manufacturer Toyota and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University have in common? More than you might think. Hospitalists at the Palo Alto, Calif.-based children’s ...

When Orest "Orry" Fiume was vice president of finance and administration for The Wiremold Company, a West Hartford, Conn.-based manufacturer of cable and wiring products, he recalls management ...