It is always refreshing going to the gemba, actually walking a value stream all the way through an organization. This is where I learn to collect the questions to think about next. There is no doubt...
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Year: 2006
Changing Reasons for Going Lean
Two questions from very different perspectives illustrate how the reasons for going lean are changing. First from Denmark, where a few years ago they were very worried about losing manufacturing jobs...
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Learning to Act using Lean Principles
“Learning to See” was the right title for the workbook that introduced the world to value stream mapping. For the first time it taught the world a way to see how to turn a set of separately...
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Lean Forum – 3rd Lean Healthcare Forum
The third Lean Healthcare Forum began with progress reports from the pioneering NHS Trusts in Bolton and Wirral. Delegates were then offered a choice of three workshop streams: the first stream,...
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Lean Forum – 2nd Lean Healthcare Forum
Over 220 delegates including a number from other countries attended the second Lean Healthcare Forum – once again being drawn from NHS Trusts, Health Authorities and improvement agencies. The...
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