Susan Mentecki and Sharon Cavanaugh talk proudly about a special needs student who recently secured a part-time job and plans to attend culinary school after graduation. The women, who work for the ...

The 31-year-old techie has coined a burgeoning management philosophy that he calls Lean Startup. Since Mr. Ries began blogging, speaking and consulting on lean start-ups in late 2008, he has ...

Lean management, a philosophy that strives to deliver the most value in the least wasteful way possible, is finding its way from a “manufacturing thing” into the commercial real estate industry.

Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and venture capitalists often churn out how-to business books and fancy themselves as management gurus, but few see their methodologies adopted. Eric Ries is ...

Rooted in lean management philosophies, it was first introduced in the 1915 book Installing Efficiency Methods by Charles E. Knoeppel. After describing the step-by-step process of engineering belt ...

Health systems using the Lean management system were probably better prepared to respond to COVID-19, but experts argue most Lean hospitals don’t use it correctly.

An increasing number of hospitals, however, are questioning the long-term impact of layoffs on morale, cost and quality. As a result, many are turning to “Lean management” practices, based on ...

Lean construction protocols that have helped improve on-schedule and on-budget completion by limiting waste and improving efficiency are slipping back to the old ways under the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Lean Principles online course provides learners with a personalized toolkit for implementing Lean methodologies into their organizations. Participants learn and develop an understanding of the ...