02/15/10 by Ankit Patel | how to start lean, modeling lean, starting lean |

Many people approach me and say that Lean works great in manufacturing but it won’t work in my industry. I simply reply do you want to serve your customer better and remove waste from your business while making your employees happier and more productive? They usually answer yes but they…

12/17/09 by Ankit Patel | modeling lean |

Now we have models what do we do? Whether you have one or multiple customers doesn’t change your planning too much but it does matter the number of inputs and outputs. I want to cover the two main flows we encounter mostly and that’s the single inbound and multiple outbounds…

12/16/09 by Ankit Patel | modeling lean |

First I’d like to say a model is never 100% accurate but it is a great way to help you get better with your processes. I was thinking the other day how do you apply lean across the board in any business and I came up with some interesting thoughts…