Brian Maskell is president of BMA Inc., providing consulting on the accounting and management system changes needed for companies pursuing lean manufacturing and other lean methods. These changes include lean performance measurements, value-stream accounting, “plain English” financial statements, and lean-approach decision making to sales, production, procurement, supply chain, product development, and administrative processes. Maskell is an author, speaker, and trainer, presenting in videos and at venues worldwide. He’s authored many articles published in business journals and eight books including Practical Lean Accounting (Productivity Press, 2011), Making the Numbers Count (Productivity Press, 2009), and The Lean Business Management System (BMA Press, 2007).