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.
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
Learning is fundamental to a successful Lean transformation. It should be both embedded into any Lean implementation (process) and be part of the outcomes (results). The theme for our 2016 Lean Summit is Lean Learning, Learning Lean.
UK Lean Summit 2016: Learning Lean, Lean Learning - REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
The theme for our UK Lean Summit 2016 is Lean Learning, Learning Lean. Learning is fundamental to a successful Lean transformation. It should be both embedded into any Lean implementation (process) and be part of the outcomes (results.)
UK Lean Summit 2015 - Lean Transformation: Developing Capability to Improve the Work - REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
The theme for our 2015 Lean Summit is Lean Transformation – Developing the Capability to Improve the Work. This year we build upon the topic of Lean Transformation and have structured the event around the two key elements of our Lean Transformation Framework.