Construction
Click on the Lean articles belows to find out more about how Lean Thinking and Practice is being applied within the construction industry and for relevant events and workshops.
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Getting the Right Things Done
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A leader's guide to planning and execution using policy deployment (hoshin kanri)
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Rethinking Construction
Back in 1998 I was part of the UK government’s Construction Task Force whose Rethinking Construction report identified many such win-win-win opportunities for collaboration between all parties.
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Managing Horizontally as well as Vertically
Silos are a symptom of a deeper problem in most organisations. Getting rid of them is not the answer. Traditional management systems organise expert knowledge into vertical functions and departments and use these to allocate resources across the organisation. So does Toyota.
Save the Date: UK Lean Summit 24th & 25th October 2019
Since we organised our first UK Lean Summit way back in 1997, we've always tried to push the frontiers of Lean Thinking - both in terms of lean research and lean practice. For 2019 we've partnered with The Learning Trust in order to bring a Summit linking the world of business with learning.
Lean Leadership Workshops in Dublin, 2018
The Lean Enterprise Academy have teamed up with Dublin City University and EIURA (European Industry University Research Association) to bring a series of public Lean Workshops to Ireland. They will be held in Dublin at the DCU Campus during the week of 5th March 2018.
Lean for Leaders - The Lean Strategy
Over the years many of us have come to the conclusion that if we continue to see Lean through traditional management thinking we will only get traditional results. We have all seen and been part of initially promising consultant-led Lean programmes for arms-length leaders which fail to deliver ...
Gemba Walks: A Management Process for Leading the Organisation
“People must be engaged in understanding and improving the process that creates the value desired by the customer if organisation and customer purposes are to be achieved” Jim Womack
Learn the principles, tools and techniques to make a step change in business performance
The Lean Enterprise Academy (L.E.A), UK are collaborating with the Lean Enterprise Institute (L.E.I), USA to bring Manchester a series of 8 workshops between 27-29 March 2016. Over 3 Days we are offering workshops that provide the foundations to implement a successful Lean transformation, with cru
UK Lean Summit 2016 - How can we learn Lean?
The theme for our UK Lean Summit 2016 is Lean Learning, Learning Lean. Learning is fundamental to a successful Lean transformation. So join our Chairman Daniel Jones, and his co-author Jim Womack plus Art Smalley, author of “Creating Level Pull” and co-author of “Understanding A3 Thinking”
Learning Lean, Lean Learning - Desert Island Lean Articles
Back in January 2015 I wrote a short article about my favourite Lean books. In the style of “Desert Island Discs”, the radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4, I selected the Lean books I’d take to be cast away on a desert island.
Learning Lean by Solving Problems
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Managing Horizontally as well as Vertically
Lean in Ten Slides
Rethinking Construction
Assessing Lean Executives
Lean and Operational Excellence
How to Judge the Success of Lean?
Managing Visually
The Financial Consequences of Lean
What Makes Lean Work?
Lean Summer Reading
Making Hospitals Work
Lean Survival
The Three Ps of Lean Action
Crossing the Lean Threshold
Four Curses
Frontiers of Lean
How Lean Are You?