The idea of continuous improvement, a long-term strategy for work that deliberately strives to accomplish modest, incremental improvements in processes in order to increase efficiency and quality, is supported by the approach to management known as lean management.

Lean management’s main goal is to provide value for the customer by maximizing available resources and establishing a consistent process that is based on actual client needs. By identifying each stage in a business process and then changing or omitting parts that do not add value, it aims to remove any waste of time, effort, or money. The industrial industry is where the philosophy originated.