Lean
Lean, leaning or LEAN may refer to:

Business practices
Lean thinking, a business methodology adopted in various fields
Lean construction, an adaptation of lean manufacturing principles to the design and construction process
Lean government, application of lean thinking to government
Lean higher education, application of lean manufacturing principles in Higher Education
Lean integration, application of lean manufacturing principles to data and systems integration
Lean IT, application of lean manufacturing principles to the development and management of information technology (IT) products and services
Lean laboratory, application of lean manufacturing principles in a laboratory
Lean manufacturing, a process improvement discipline
Lean product development, lean thinking applied to product development
Lean project management, application of lean concepts to project management
Lean services, application of lean manufacturing principles in a service operation
Lean software development, lean manufacturing principles applied to software development
Lean startup, how to start a company in a lean way

Other uses
Lean (proof assistant), a mathematics tool
Lean (drug), based on cough syrup
Le'an County, in Jiangxi, China
Lean meat, meat with little fat content
An alternate name of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush), a fish
A slight advantage for one candidate in political forecasting

People with the surname
David Lean, English film director, producer and editor
Hooi Hooi Lean, Malaysian economist
Big Lean, a Canadian rapper
Yung Lean, a Swedish musician

See also
LARGe SCM, Integration of Lean with Agile, Resilience, and Green in Supply Chain Management
Lien (disambiguation)
Leen (disambiguation)
Leane (disambiguation)