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. Mention it outside lean manufacturing circles, and you're likely to draw a blank stare. So, what is gemba? In short, it's the place that matters most. It could be a crime scene: In Poe's The ...

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 ...

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 ...