The UK Lean Summit takes place Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th, April at The Spine, Liverpool. The Summit is structured around how lean thinking and practice help us navigate the key problems of: The...
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Why we need a UK Lean Summit
A New Year brings fresh focus to everyone’s activities. For the first time since 2018, the Lean Enterprise Academy is holding a Lean Summit in the UK. In person events are important. They inspire...
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Why is Lean Management Important?
Introduction In his 2010 blog “What makes lean work?” Dan Jones discusses Toyota’s lasting contribution to the practice of management. The blog starts to explain why lean management is...
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Lean Fundamentals at the Frontier
Over the last 25 years, Dan Jones has asked me to go and look at how lean thinking can be applied to a whole host of organisational situations. Lean fundamentals can be applied at the frontier, in a...
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Lean Thinking and Practice at the Airport
Introduction It’s the Easter weekend and after two years of lockdowns, we are all eager to get away. However, holiday makers (and business travellers) face continued travel disruptions at airports...
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