Lean Thinking Comes to the Battlefield

commentary

(Forbes)

by Eric Peltz and Rick Eden

June 5, 2008

The 1991 Gulf War represented the pinnacle of the U.S. industrial approach to warfare: overwhelming mass. Subsequently, the U.S. military began the shift to a new support paradigm, adapting the lean, best practices of contemporary business, write Eric Peltz and Rick Eden.

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This commentary originally appeared in Forbes on June 5, 2008. Commentary gives RAND researchers a platform to convey insights based on their professional expertise and often on their peer-reviewed research and analysis.