Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2013

By sheer happenstance, I had just gotten a copy of Gemba Walks , a collection of essays by James Womack , a co-author of the automotive classic The Machine That Changed The World and a pioneering importer of Toyota-inspired lean production insights and methodologies to America.

Innovation 8

Innovation Lean Production Disintermediation Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

The initiative sought to improve manufacturing operations — to deliver high-quality products in relatively small batches and on shorter production deadlines. Our research focused not on the success of this initiative, per se , but on the impact of lean production on the workplace.

Lean Manufacturing 10

Lean Manufacturing Supply Chain Apparel Compliance 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2014

First recognize if the product is solving a real problem and people will buy it, then figure out how to scale production and distribution in situations of success. As a result, our predictions for new products are either too high or too low, and we waste resources, customer goodwill, and employee motivation.

Black-Scholes 8

Black-Scholes Products Productivity CAPM 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2013

They created and maintained a close connection to frontline staff — what Jim Womack , the expert in lean production and thinking, calls “going to gemba ” — Japanese for “the actual place.”. Their attention was on their finances — understandable and even appropriate these days.

Crisis 9

Crisis Health Care Quality Welch 9