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First in, first out (FIFO) lanes are the core of sequential pull.

Gemba Tales is proud to host the 99th edition of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Carnival.

Remember back when your math teacher told you to "show your work"?

Ritsuo Shingo, son of the great Shigeo Shingo, gave a keynote address during the 22nd annual International Shingo Conference this past week.

Let’s set the stage. The team has just completed what many call a flow kaizen – in which the focus is the flow of materials, patients, customers, etc. and information.

It's not quite on par with the 5 whys (heck, that's five questions, more or less), but "so what?" isn't far behind.

Kaizen opportunities are often best identified (and done) by those who do the work.

Today's Wall Street Journal front page contained an article entitled, "Moment of Truth for Productivity Boom." The article refl

Several days ago, during a health care value stream analysis, I was impressed with the team's bias for action.

Standard work is not a once and done proposition. That would be lean anathema.