The phrase "advantage of the lean" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be an incomplete expression and lacks clarity without additional context.
Example: "The advantage of the lean approach is that it minimizes waste and maximizes efficiency."
Alternatives: "benefit of the lean" or "merit of the lean".
James T. Vanderslice, co-president and co-chief operating officer at Dell, even said that strong companies -- among which he included his own -- could take advantage of the lean season by gaining market share.
But those developers that have weathered the crisis with their balance-sheets intact have actually been able to take advantage of the lean years to fill up their land banks cheaply.
A key advantage of the Lean transformation is in establishing a culture of continuous improvement and organizational learning.
In a new age of slow food and local energy grids and community gardens, perhaps we might reinvent a community capitalism: a capitalism with all the advantages of the lean, leveraged, synergized, just-in-time world that markets have made, but a capitalism whose soul remains somehow in the sweaty, throbbing, life-giving bazaar.
With the latest bankruptcy filings, they become the only carrier left without the competitive advantage of a lean balance sheet and a lower cost bankruptcy or post-bankruptcy environment.
"Why can't Harlemites, small entrepreneurs who were here during the lean times, take advantage of the better times?" Mr. Perkins asked.
Central cells of HOQ, known as relationships matrix, are devoted to impact of the lean attributes on competitive advantages.
On a tablet, the experience is image-rich and takes advantage of the fact video is more widely consumed as users lean back with their device in the evenings.
Stakeholders state that an advantage of lean is that it is simple, flexible and less resource-demanding than other improvement tools.
Thatcher said of the lean times.
The person would become the representative of the Lean concept.
