“Welcome to the Lean Enterprise Academy, dedicated to pushing forward the frontiers of lean and to spreading lean to every kind of organization.”
Daniel Jones - Founder and Chairman, The Lean Enterprise Academy
Lean Management feature
On Saturday 26th June the Daily Telegraph distributed an independent 16 page pull-out supplement on Lean Management.
The supplement featured articles from leading Lean Experts in business, healthcare, supply chains, technology, finance and others.
Further articles on LEA projects have recently been featured in the leading Polish daily newspaper - ‘Gazeta Wyborcza’
The Saturday Telegraph supplement was produced by Mediaplanet - the publisher of focused reports, distributed with leading newspapers and online sites. Email Christopher Emberson at Mediaplanet for further information.
Lean Summit 2010
Book now for Summit 2010 - New Horizons for Lean Thinking which will take place on 2nd-3rd November, 2010 at Chesford Grange Hotel, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, UK.
Presentations from previous Lean Summits and Forums are available to download ...
What is Lean?
Lean Thinking helps organisations do more with less:
- What is Lean ? (video)
- What is Lean ? (PDF article)
- The Truth About Lean
- Leaning Your Boss
- Value Stream Management
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Latest Article
Daniel Jones has been an editor on the International Commerce Review for several years.
The recently published 10 Years of New Knowledge digest contains a decade of breakthrough articles on business strategy, shopper marketing and supply chain in the Consumer Goods Business.
July 2010
Lean Training
We run a small group coaching workshops on A3 Thinking, Managing a Lean Transformation, Policy Deployment and more...
Our modular 6 day Lean Practitioner Course teaches how to solve business problems using lean.
The new Lean Healthcare Executive Masterclass is designed to show executive teams how to un-pick problems and funnel down to the vital few, biggest problems. The vital few that if resolved will (more or less) resolve the many. The concept of ‘leverage’.
Our monthly Lean Healthcare Training workshop Making Hospitals Work is now accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Nursing.
3 Shingo Awards for LEA
The Lean Enterprise Academy has just won three Shingo Awards in recognition of its pioneering work in implementing lean thinking.
At the Shingo Prize Awards Conference in Salt Lake City, USA on 20 May 2010 Daniel Jones was inducted into the Shingo Academy. The Shingo Academy consists of individuals who have distinguished themselves through their lifetime commitment and achievements in the area of Lean/Operational Excellence. Danielhas previously won four Shingo Awards for his books on lean.
Ian Glenday received the Research and Professional Publication Award for his book Breaking Through to Flow, which opens up a practical path to lean for the consumer goods and process industries.
Dave Brunt and John Kiff also won the same Award for their book Creating Lean Dealers, which shows how lean can transform sales and service activities. Both of these books have inspired pioneering organisations to new levels of performance.
Articles and Downloads
Every month we publish a number of Articles, Newsletters, Presentations and Papers on current lean topics. We encourage you to explore these articles to get the latest views on lean issues from leaders in lean thinking from around the World.
A Benign Infection Paul Levy - Blog: Running A Hospital 28 Oct 2009
The Joy of a Greenfield
Jim Womack - e-letter
24 August 2010
More Jim Womack e-letters ...
Next Workshops
Our next small group coaching workshops will be announced shortly.
Lean Healthcare
Please visit our new Healthcare section for the latest training, articles and news in Lean Healthcare.
Daniel Jones’s e-Letters
Convincing Executives to go Lean
I was recently asked how to convince senior executives to go lean. The best way to answer this question is to summarise two contrasting real stories ... 23 Jun 2010
A Waste of Management
Just imagine that instead of pursuing several hundred projects your organisation was able to focus everyones’ efforts on the vital three to five strategic objectives ... 9 Jun 2010
New Horizons for Lean Thinking
I often tell audiences that I collect questions, particularly ones I have to go away and think about. 20 Apr 2010
Book Store
We have over 60 books, workbooks, kits, training tools and audio CDs available in our book store. Now you can also save money on the essential books on each lean topic in new lean kits when you buy on-line.
Latest publications
Womack on Lean Management
A Live Video Seminar
Price: £199.00 plus VAT
Building a Lean Fulfillment Stream
by Robert Martichenko and Kevin von Grabe
Price: £35.00
The Lean Manager
by Michael Ballé and Freddy Ballé
Price: £20.00
Our Workbooks
Making Hospitals Work
By Marc Baker and Ian Taylor with Alan Mitchell
Price: £40.00
Creating Lean Dealers
By Dave Brunt and John Kiff
Price: £40.00
Breaking Through to Flow
By Ian Glenday
Price: £35.00
Working with you ...
Our Lean Action Research goes beyond traditional consulting in its intent, its execution and in the reflections on its results. We work with organisations of various types at different stages of their lean journey ...
In-house workshops and training
Our workshops are best done in-house addressing a real problem so participants go through the experience of putting lean thinking into practice for themselves.
Mentoring and independent advice
We often get asked by senior managers to take an independent look at a particular situation or a lean transformation.
Designing lean transformations
Recently we have been asked to help design and support lean transformations in several organisations
Developing new business models
One of the most significant results of lean is that it opens up new business models or new ways of delivering value to customers that was previously impossible or too expensive
Daniel Jones’s blogs
Daniel Jones ’s blogs can be found on his website at www.leanuk.org/danjones