If you were starting from scratch in 2023, how would you design a university technology transfer office (TTO)? The question assumes two conditions that increasingly characterise higher education: an ...

To appreciate Glenn Ballard’s commitment to Lean project delivery, ask him about the fruit trees behind his Oakland, Calif., home. The University of California, Berkeley, retired professor and project ...

Between a pandemic, heightened competition, total supply chain uncertainty, and states shutting down and opening — customers, suppliers, and employees are all in unchartered territory. Despite the ...

The ISO certification has become a fundamental requirement for doing business throughout the world. In their quest for quality, many companies are adopting lean manufacturing methodologies including ...

New 'lean lab' management principles are demonstrating benefits that include cost savings, increased productivity, and a strong safety record. When MIT announced in March that most research labs on ...

LEAN started in the automobile manufacturing industry and has spread to nearly every industry in every country. LEAN is how companies bring continuous improvement to life. It’s much simpler to ...

I read a popular article recently arguing why anti-lean startups are back because lean isn’t a viable way for ambitious startups tackling new domains, like artificial intelligence, to take moonshots.

Implementing a well-established business approach allowed physicians to shave hours off pediatric patient discharges without affecting readmission rates, according to researchers at Penn State Hershey ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. One of the ways generative ...

Based on a presentation to 19th Annual Technical Conference of the GCC Chapter of the Gas Processors Association, May 4, 2011, Kuwait. Saudi Aramco's Khurais central processing plant has improved ...

Patient safety is a top health care priority, but determining how to consistently ensure highest quality can be a complex process that doesn't always provide a clear path toward action. Confronting ...