ARLINGTON, Mass., April 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ Do you need to "scale" agile to help multiple teams deliver products? Author Johanna Rothman says, "No. Scaling process leads to bloat. Instead of scaling ...

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I visited a company a few weeks ago that asks all of their employees to do a green belt project. It’s not mandatory, but completion of a project is part of their annual review. Not surprisingly, the ...

“Lean” process improvement can reduce costs, improve efficiency and make execution more predictable. Lean requires an investment and a culture change. Lean has resulted in improved execution in a ...

When faced with financial pressures, hospital leaders often try to reduce costs by laying off hospital employees. This is, in a way, understandable, since payroll makes up 60 to 70 percent of a ...

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link -- but first you have to find the link. For manufacturers embracing lean manufacturing concepts, it often takes months if not years of effort before they ...

Over half of public hospitals in the United States have adopted the "Lean" management strategy, leading to improvement in financial performance and efficiency, reports a national survey in the ...