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Dazzling Dozen: 12 of the Best in Lean and Continuous Improvement in 2023

Jan. 9, 2024

Top reads addressed topics from gemba walks and tennis ball challenges to winners of manufacturing excellence.

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Lean and continuous improvement have always been immensely popular topics among the readers of IndustryWeek (as they should), and 2023 continued that theme. Top reads from the past year addressed topics from gemba walks and tennis ball challenges to winners of manufacturing excellence. Plus a whole lot more.

In this slideshow, we share with you 12 of the most-consumed content on the topic of lean and continuous improvement in 2024. Catch up with what you may have missed, and look for more great content on lean and continuous improvement in 2024.

Plus, if you can't get enough on this topic, here is our review of 2022: 13 Reasons to Read: The Tops in Lean and Continuous Improvement in 2022.

About the Author

Jill Jusko

Bio: Jill Jusko is executive editor for IndustryWeek. She has been writing about manufacturing operations leadership for more than 20 years. Her coverage spotlights companies that are in pursuit of world-class results in quality, productivity, cost and other benchmarks by implementing the latest continuous improvement and lean/Six-Sigma strategies. Jill also coordinates IndustryWeek’s Best Plants Awards Program, which annually salutes the leading manufacturing facilities in North America.

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