Lean Enterprise: About the Field | Karen Martin, M.A. | UC San Diego Extension

Karen Martin, M.A., advisor and instructor in UC San Diego Extension's Lean Enterprise Certificate Program, shares insights into a career as a lean process improvement professional.

The lean methodology is used by businesses to reduce waste, improve processes, and increase customer and employee satisfaction. Lean principles can be applied across industries and job functions to make improvements in cycle-time, products costs, inventory reduction and new product lead-time.