The official online magazine
of the Lean Global Network

Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.
Less noise, more Lean
Less noise, more Lean

FEATURE – As we bid farewell to 2025, our editor looks back to Planet Lean content from the past 12 months and offers some important reflections on Lean in a world that seems to go faster every day.

Continue reading
5S your mind – Thinking beyond the tools
5S your mind – Thinking beyond the tools

FEATURE - Using 5S thinking beyond tools, the article explores how mental clutter, assumptions, and habits create waste—and how structured problem-solving restores clarity.

Continue reading
Questioning the lean vocabulary
December 16, 2025
Questioning the lean vocabulary

INTERVIEW — In this Q&A, Michael presents his latest book—a glossary of lean terms that’s meant to challenge our long held beliefs about lean concepts, and to make it fun.

Continue reading
No Parking: lean lessons in a small software firm
December 11, 2025
No Parking: lean lessons in a small software firm

NOTES FROM THE GEMBA — This French tech firm thrives through Lean Thinking, continuous learning, and customer-focused innovation, embodying Toyota-inspired resilience in software development.

Continue reading
From Chaos to 15-Minute Service: How a Breakfast Restaurant Became a Lean Machine
December 9, 2025
From Chaos to 15-Minute Service: How a Breakfast Restaurant Became a Lean Machine

FEATURE – How breakfast restaurant Omelegg used Lean Thinking to slash waiting times, eliminate waste, and introduce a 4-day work week.

Continue reading
Patience: the line between leaders and bosses
December 4, 2025
Patience: the line between leaders and bosses

FEATURE – Patience enhances leadership effectiveness by fostering respect, critical thinking, and collaboration, leading to better communication and decision-making, says the author.

Continue reading
No items found.

Popular

No items found.
What color is it?
December 2, 2025
What color is it?

FEATURE — This team at a Scottish university has developed a visual control for bodily fluids that is solving a messy problem in healthcare.

Continue reading
Aligning strategy and process
November 25, 2025
Aligning strategy and process

FEATURE — Ramondin’s Latin American team transformed operations by aligning strategy and daily management through Lean practices, Hoshin Kanri, and A3 problem-solving.

Continue reading
Leading with clarity: how Garudafood simplifies complexity with Lean
November 7, 2025
Leading with clarity: how Garudafood simplifies complexity with Lean

INTERVIEW — Ahead of next week’s Lean Global Connection, one of our speakers talks about how the comprehensive lean transformation of Indonesian food company Garudafood.

Continue reading
A company-wide lean transformation: the impressive story of Simon
November 5, 2025
A company-wide lean transformation: the impressive story of Simon

CASE STUDY — Simon, a Spanish leader in electrical mechanisms, went from growth-fueled fragmentation and operational complexity to a coherent, people-centric lean system spanning factories and offices worldwide.

Continue reading