Lean manufacturing is a hot trend these days, but can the same principles be applied to warehousing? While the warehouse floor differs in lots of ways from the shop floor, it turns out that many of the same lessons can be applied. For example, in lean manufacturing, companies learn to respond with agility to changing circumstances. Similarly, in the warehouse, it is crucial that fulfillment systems be flexible and scalable and well understood by all concerned so that they can react to a change in plans. Does your company practice lean manufacturing and warehousing? What are the challenges to making it work in the real world?