In lean companies, it’s essential that the CFO become a Lean CFO early in the lean management accounting transformation process because you must be the leader. In smaller companies you may be actively involved in transformation activities. In larger companies, you probably will delegate the detail work to others in accounting, but ultimately you are leading them. In […]

BMA hosts a monthly Lean Accounting Community Chat, which is a place for anyone interested in lean accounting to gather to discuss what’s on their mind, ask questions, learn, share and most of all to make friends and connections with others. This is a free event, but you must register (once) to receive the Zoom […]

Lean is a long-term business strategy, primarily focusing on employees and learning. Through various continuous improvement practices, employees learn to master their work, solve the right problems and help an organization learn how to do things tomorrow it cannot do today.The operational impact of continuous improvement is well known. Eliminating waste creates capacity, which can […]