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The 'Lean' Edge: Total Lean — The Strategy That Makes Competition Irrelevant

Total Lean is not merely an efficiency tool — it is a powerful, enterprise-wide differentiation strategy. Drawing on Toyota Production System, Porter's competitive advantage, and Prahalad & Hamel's competence thinking, it delivers sustained competitive advantage through continuous improvement, innovation, and superior customer value.

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Originally published in Indian Management · July 2026, pp. 22–29

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