Lean Articles
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.
Lean Community
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Over time we intend to develop the range of services available to Lean Community members. To start with it gives you access to a growing number of articles and publications on Lean Thinking, to the monthly Lean Story emails from Daniel T Jones and to regular updates on our new publications, workshops and Summits.
If you know of any good articles on lean topics we might list here please send them to us at info@leanuk.org.
Dan Jones e-letters
Dan Jones e-letters, many of which subsequently appear in The Manufacturer magazine
To help you find the right articles for your lean transformation we have added a new page grouping Dan's e-Letters into the following topics - Management, Supply Chains, Consumption, Lean in General, Healthcare, Service, Autos.
Rethinking IT 29 Apr 2008 New
Unscrambling Supply Chains 8 Apr 2008
Jumping To Solutions 19 Feb 2008
Where to do Lean? 23 Jan 2008
The Truth About Lean 12 Dec 2007
Thinking Back from the Customer 30 Oct 2007
The Next Ten Years 10 Oct 2007
What is Lean? September 2007
What to Teach the Kids August 2007
One Third of the Way to Lean? June 2007
From Lean Supply Chains to Value Streams May 2007
Making Healthcare Lean April 2007
Crossing the Lean Threshold March 2007
Little and Often February 2007
Wasting Customers Time January 2007
Asking Questions December 2006
Changing Reasons for Going Lean November 2006
Learning To Act October 2006
Value Steam Management September 2006
Right-sized Technologies August 2006
Too Much Transparency June 2006
Leaning Healthcare May 2006
Four Curses April 2006
See previous Dan Jones e-Letters ...
Jim Womack e-letters
This is a selection of the e-letters sent by Jim Womack to the Lean Community at LEI in the USA. The full list can be found at www.lean.org
The Big Mura and Mean Leanness April 2008 New
Yokoten Across the World March 2008
The Missing Link February 2008
Cadence January 2008
Respect for People December 2007
10 Years and Counting October 2007
Kaizen or Rework? August 2007
The Problem of Sustainability June 2007
Creating Lean Healthcare May 2007
Why Toyota Won and How Toyota Can Lose April 2007
More Thinking About Lean Transformations January 2007
What I've Learned About Planning and Execution December 2006
From Lean Tools to Lean Management November 2006
Gross Domestic Product vs Gross Domestic Waste October 2006
The Lean Way Forward at Ford September 2006
Thinking End to End August 2006
Mura, Muri, Muda? July 2006
Purpose, Process, People June 2006
Fewer Heroes, More Farmers May 2006
Lean Leadership April 2006
See previous Jim Womack e-Letters ...
Articles
The following Lean articles have been published in a variety of magazines by thought leaders in lean thinking.
The Invisible Opportunity
ECR Milan Plenary
Dan Jones (Plenary Talk)
May 2007
New
Rapid Replensihment
ECR Milan Mini Plenary
John Castle Kraft Foods
May 2007
New
2016: The Future Value Chain
GCI Report
GCI, CAPgemini, Intel
October 2006
The Magic of Levelled Scheduling
Article
Alan Mitchell
May 2006
Why Toyota Won
Wall Street Journal
Jim Womack
February 2006
Broken Business Models
Management Services magazine
Dan Jones
Spring 2006
Lean Development
Business Strategy Review
Freddy and Michael Ballé
September 2005
Leaning Toward Utopia
Profile of Dan Jones and Jim Womack
Strategy+Business Magazine
Art Kliener
July 2005
See previous Lean Articles...
Presentations
We have includes an number of speeches and presentations made by lean experts from around the World.
Leading The Lean Enterprise
Chartered Management Institute, London, UK.
Dan Jones
January 2008
New
The Evolution of Lean
European Manufacturing Strategy Summit, Dusseldorf, Germany.
Dan Jones
October 2006
Why Responsiveness Matters
Lean Logistics Conference, Wroclaw, Poland
Dan Jones
February 2006
Creating Lean Solutions
Manufacturer Live - Telford, UK
Dan Jones
September 2005
How Lean Consumption Can Transform Retailing and Supply Chains
ECR Conference, Paris
Dan Jones and Jim Womack
27 April 2005
The Challenge of Lean Consumption
Australian Industry Group, Melbourne, Australia
Daniel Jones
March 2005
See previous Presentations and Speeches ...
Healthcare Articles
The Healthcare page contains articles, presentations and speeches plus information on Lean Healthcare forums.
Summit Presentations
The Summits page contains information about future Summits and also has a full set of presentations from our previous Lean Summits.
Efficient Consumer Response
Further details of the Efficient Consumer Response movements can be found at www.ecrnet.org and the ECR Journal and the Academic Advisory Panel at www.ecr-journal.org.
The Invisible Opportunity
International Commerce Review
Dan Jones
Aug 2007
New
Lean Consumption and Lean Thinking in Practice
ECR Conference, Stockholm
Dan Jones and Alan Richards
May 2006
Lean is no Longer Mean in the New Brand Philosophy
Marketing Week
Alan Mitchell
April 2005
The Purpose and Context for Collaboration
Food Manufacture Collaboration Forum
Daniel Jones
November 2004
Building the Lean Supply Chain
Food Manufacture
Daniel Jones
November 2004
How Lean is the Grocery Supply Chain?
Presentation at the IGD Conference
Daniel Jones
London, March 2004
See previous ECR Articles ...
Harvard Business Review
Further articles from the Harvard Business Review on Lean that can be downloaded from www.hbr.com.
Lean Consumption
Daniel Jones and Jim Womack
March 2005
Learning to Lead at Toyota
Steven J Spear
May 2004
The Lean Service Machine
Cynthia K Swank
October 2003
From Lean Production to Lean Enterprise
Daniel Jones and Jim Womack
March 1994
Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System
Steven J Spear
June 1999
Beyond Toyota: How to Root out Waste and Pursue Perfection
Daniel Jones and Jim Womack
March 1994
UK Government Reports
Reports from Task Forces in which Dan Jones participated:
The Egan Review: Skills for Sustainable Communities
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
2004
Automotive Innovation and Growth Team Report
Department of Trade and Industry
2002
Foresight Manufacturing 2020
Department of Trade and Industry
2000
The Egan Report: Rethinking Construction
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
1998