Category: Blog

29 October 2025

Case Study: Transforming a Fresh-Produce Business Through Lean Agribusiness Management

Maintaining consistent quality and ensuring on-time delivery is crucial in the competitive world of fresh produce. A medium-sized farm and processing enterprise specializing in ready-to-eat salads recently discovered how structured agribusiness management and Lean practices could completely change the game. The Challenge The company dispersed […]

19 October 2025

Lean Thinking Beyond the Factory Walls

For many years, Lean was seen as a philosophy designed only for factories. It belonged to the world of machines, assembly lines, and production targets. But today, a quiet revolution is taking place. The same Lean ideas that once transformed manufacturing are now reshaping offices, […]

5 October 2025

Lean Never Fails, People Simply Stop Practicing

Across industries, it has become common to hear that most Lean transformations fail. Some say half of them do. Others say nearly all. These claims circulate widely, shaping a belief that Lean somehow does not deliver what it promises. Yet reality tells a different story. […]

10 September 2025

Thailand’s Quiet Revolution in PCB Manufacturing

In a world electrified by the promise of artificial intelligence, a quiet transformation is unfolding in Southeast Asia. While headlines often focus on chip design and semiconductor breakthroughs, another part of the supply chain is taking center stage. Thailand is emerging as a critical hub […]

2 September 2025

Overcoming Kanban Scalability Challenges through Digitalization

Lean Digitalization | Kanban | Lean Technology CASE STUDY – Reference from Planet Lean: How a manufacturing firm used digitalization to overcome the limits of manual kanban while preserving its pull-based lean culture. From Push Planning to Pull Flow Many organizations begin with a traditional […]

26 August 2025

Driving Operational Excellence in Financial Services with True North Lean

For decades, lean was considered a manufacturing playbook. It belonged to assembly lines, production floors, and factories. Banks, insurers, and asset managers often dismissed it as irrelevant to their world of transactions, credit approvals, and investment strategies. But those perceptions are changing. Financial services firms […]