The Leading Edge of Lean
It's been more than 20 years since the word "lean" entered the manufacturing lexicon, which may explain why rumblings of "What comes after lean?" or "What's next now that I've finished lean?" bubble to the surface with some regularity. Two decades. Such questions seem reasonable after that length of time, until you take a closer look at lean's aim. The Lean Enterprise Institute describes lean's core idea this way: "to maximize ...