I’m sure most of you reading this have at some point in your career heard the term Gemba and its translation to “the real place.” I like to think of it as simply where work occurs. The Gemba walk ...

Gemba is rarely found at an executive desk. Instead, you'll find it on the shop floor. Or in the marketing department. Or at a customer's place of business. Gemba. Mention it outside lean ...

I am a lean leader and always willing to share my learnings. I’ve written several blog posts chronicling my lean experience at different organizations. Some of them have been quite popular with ...

The phrase "go to the gemba," one often quoted in lean environments, means going to an environment to understand how it works and why it works that way. Improvement does not happen in a vacuum. When ...

Ford CEO Jim Farley said the practice of "gemba," or seeing processes in person, is helping him modernize the 122-year-old automaker for the EV age.

Even small businesses deserve their day in the sun. Nine hours a week of transactions may stymie your imagination or rattle your opinions as to why pursue this course of action. Pursue we do, two ...

The phrase “go to the gemba,” one often quoted in lean environments, means going to an environment to understand how it works and why it works that way. Improvement does not happen in a vacuum. When ...