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Lean manufacturing reduces errors, increases efficiency and minimizes waste. Planning methods that help achieve lean manufacturing keep their focus on each stage of the production process and improve ...

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I choose to think of myself as "consciously optimistic". I know there is a lot wrong with the world, a lot to be sad and negative about. I want to be positive, despite this knowledge, despite ...

When signing copies of my book, The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean, I would often write "lean is both an organizational journey and a personal one; lean begins with you!" We focus so much on the ...

In 2011, noted serial entrepreneur of Silicon Valley Bank, Eric Riles, first launched the book The Lean Startup. The book is now a bible of sorts for global entrepreneurs looking to startup. Ten ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Lean is good. Fat is bad. Right? Maybe not. Ask the polar bear if he doesn’t store fat, how would he survive the winter? This furry ...

Founders make fewer mistakes and pivot in the right direction when they learn to challenge their own assumptions and experiment continuously. Even in the best of times, starting a business is like ...