We know you're no dummy -- running a successful business, making important items critical to the region's success, and, consequently, the little one's college fund. So why the headline? Well, if you're a Six Sigma Black Belt, or spent some time at "The Ranch," then you might be comfortable talking the jargon of Lean; if not, you are probably doing some variation of the process and could probably benefit from the application of some of the techniques even if you don't know if your Kaizan is stuck in your Kanban and adversely affecting your Seiketsu. Join us as we demystify continuous improvement, just-in-time inventory techniques to optimize your process standardization over the next several issues. Please enjoy the article on Value Stream Mapping this month.