Month: April 2026

3 April 2026

From Stability to Excellence: A Precision Blueprint for Lean Leaders

Most Lean transformations fail not in the conference room but on the shop floor, not because the strategy was wrong but because the discipline to execute it consistently was absent. Sustainable manufacturing excellence is not a destination reached through sporadic improvement events or technology investments

From Stability to Excellence: A Precision Blueprint for Lean Leaders
by Surya Narayan
3 April 2026
Most Lean transformations fail not in the conference room but on the shop floor, not because the strategy was wrong but because the discipline to execute it consistently was absent. Sustainable manufacturing excellence is not a destination reached through sporadic improvement events or technology investments
Lean Thinking Is Built on Discipline, Not Fashion
by Surya Narayan
2 March 2026
Why the pioneers of Lean continue to influence how serious organisations compete Management history is full of movements that arrive with energy and fade with equal speed. Lean, however, has endured for more than seven decades. Its longevity is not accidental. It survives because it
Why Lean Manufacturing Fails And How to Turn It Into a Lasting Culture of Performance
by Surya Narayan
27 February 2026
Lean manufacturing is often described as a set of tools. 5S. Kanban. Just-in-Time. Value Stream Mapping. Yet in reality, Lean is less about tools and more about behaviour. When implementation fails, it is rarely because the tools are wrong. It is usually because the mindset
Getting a Production Plant Back on Its Feet
by Surya Narayan
18 February 2026
When the company shifted operations to a new facility, the mood was optimistic. The building was modern. The layout looked promising. The machines were better than before. On paper, everything suggested performance would improve. Reality was different. Production hovered around 55 percent of expected capacity.
Why Sustainability Training Is Becoming Part of Everyday Business
by The Better Cambodia
12 December 2025
When you sit with business leaders these days, there is a certain mix of curiosity and concern in the room. Everyone can feel that the world around them is shifting. Weather patterns affect supply chains. Energy bills behave unpredictably. Customers want clarity on where products
Rebuilding Strength A Quiet Story of Lean and the People Who Lived It
by The Better Cambodia
1 December 2025
Presented at the True North Lean CXO Summit in Vietnam There are stories that come dressed in numbers and charts. Then there are stories that arrive quietly and stay with people long after the session ends. When Chalath Kongsuwan spoke in Vietnam during the True
Know Your Lean Guru: Genichi Taguchi’s Quiet Revolution in Quality Thinking
by The Better Cambodia
28 November 2025
Every once in a generation, someone steps into an industry and quietly rewrites the rules. Genichi Taguchi did exactly that. He was not a loud reformer, nor did he chase spotlight or status. Yet the ripple of his ideas still shapes how companies design products,
Building a Culture of Sustainable Excellence: Insights from Dave Becnel at the True North Lean CXO Summit, Ho Chi Minh City
by The Better Cambodia
24 November 2025
There are speakers who share concepts, and then there are speakers who share clarity. When Dave Becnel, VP Quality Vietnam at Techtronic Industries TTi, addressed the audience at the True North Lean CXO Summit in Ho Chi Minh City, he offered something far more valuable