Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma Definitions

Glossary terms, history, people and definitions about Lean and Six Sigma

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Eric Ries (born September 22, 1978) is an entrepreneur and author of The Lean Startup, a book on the lean startup...

Dr. Jeffrey K. Liker is Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering, and co-founder and director of the Japan Technology Management...

José R. Ferro is a senior advisor to the Lean Enterprise Institute and president of Lean Institute Brasil, a nonprofit...

Michael Ballé, PhD, is a lean management practitioner, business writer, and author. His most recent book, co-authored with father Freddy...

Daniel T. Jones is an author and researcher, and Founder and Chairman of the Lean Enterprise Academy in the U.K....

Ken Miller is the founder of the Change & Innovation Agency (C!A), a firm dedicated to increasing government’s capacity to...

Takehiko Harada joined Toyota Motor Corporation in 1968 as head of the machine department, and head of engineering works, as...

Fujio Chō (born February 2, 1937) is the honorary chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation. He was previously the President of...

A Japanese word that roughly translates to best practice sharing across an organization. The sharing can be successes, learnings, concepts,...