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Lean manufacturing

A guide to the best B2B podcast coverage of Lean manufacturing - the shows and 18 episodes that go deepest, ranked by substance, not downloads.

Lean manufacturing isn't just about cutting waste - it's about fundamentally restructuring how you operate. These episodes show real tactics: one factory achieved 70% lead time reductions through cellular manufacturing, while another scaled operations without adding headcount. Beyond the shop floor, lean thinking extends to financial resilience and brand positioning, where legacy manufacturers are reinventing themselves and preparing for unpredictable market conditions.

Best shows on Lean manufacturing

Best episodes on Lean manufacturing

  1. Chad Diggs on Building Quality Systems, Not Heroes

    Lean Blog Interviews · 2026-05-20

    86 / 100

    If there was IPC or Lean Manufacturing.

  2. Ep 48: How To Build A Recession-Proof Brand With Your Principles - Andy Fallshaw from Bellroy [ Part 2]

    Ecom Alphas · 2022-11-29

    82 / 100

    But then we also operate our supply chain on lean manufacturing, theory of constraints, a whole series of principles that mean the way our stock flows and the way our materials um, and movement flows and our production scheduling happens, it's small continuous work rather than big

  3. Episode 123: Deming, DevOps History, AI Risk, and Critical Thinking, with John Willis

    Software Defined Interviews · 2026-06-06

    77 / 100
  4. Gemba for Beginners: Why Leaders Need to Go See the Work

    The Lean Solutions Podcast · 2026-04-28

    77 / 100
  5. The Future of Work is Putting HR at the Center of Business Strategy - Dr. Peter Fasolo, Former CHRO, Johnson & Johnson | Boston University

    The TechEd Podcast · 2026-05-12

    74 / 100

    I'm a huge student of lean manufacturing.

  6. How one factory cut lead times by 70 percent with Cellular Manufacturing

    The Operations Podcast with Fexingo · 2026-06-26

    71 / 100
  7. The Black Swan CFO: Planning for What You Can't Predict

    The CFO Playbook · 2026-05-28

    69 / 100
  8. Bringing Sexy Back to Manufacturing: The Art of Reinventing a Legacy B2B Brand

    WeMarketers Podcast · 2026-01-19

    63 / 100

    So recently, so the company for the last three, four years has been involved in lean manufacturing.

  9. How to Scale Operations Without Hiring More People

    Coffee with Closers · 2026-06-23

    61 / 100
  10. Supercharged Manufacturing: Where Operational Excellence Meets Industrial Intelligence

    The DataProphet Download · 2025-05-14

    61 / 100
  11. Structural Readiness and Real Change with Kirk Harper

    Quality Time With MoreSteam · 2026-05-26

    60 / 100

    Um, working for that company taught me an awful lot and also give me a five year, uh, indoctrination into lean manufacturing and continuous improvement.

  12. Innovation in Motion: The Next Era of Supply Chain

    NLG Talks · 2026-05-14

    59 / 100
  13. How a Chip Factory Cut Wafer Scrap by 45 Percent

    The Operations Podcast with Fexingo · 2026-08-03

  14. How an Auto Parts Supplier Cut Machine Changeover Time by 85 Percent

    The Operations Podcast with Fexingo · 2026-07-30

  15. How a Medical Device Maker Cut Sterilization Cycle Time by 50 Percent

    The Operations Podcast with Fexingo · 2026-07-06

  16. How Toyota's Andon Cord Transformed Factory Quality

    The Operations Podcast with Fexingo · 2026-07-08

  17. How Toyota Reinvented Manufacturing with the Toyota Production System

    The CEO Diary with Fexingo · 2026-07-23

  18. How Toyota Reinvented Manufacturing with the Toyota Production System

    The CEO Diary with Fexingo · 2026-07-20