Planet Lean profiles Terry O’Donoghue, COO of South Africa car dealerships chain Halfway Toyota and one of the speakers at last year’s UK Lean Summit. Article first published...
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UK Lean Summit 2015 – The Power of Questions – Thinking for Ourselves – Review of John Shook’s Plenary Session
Lean is about improving processes and providing solutions. This delivers the desired outcomes, right? Wrong, says John Shook. Lean transformation is enacted through a new way of thinking and...
Read moreUK Lean Summit 2015 – Lean Transformation: Developing the Capability to Improve the Work
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 structuring the event around two key...
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Many attempts to implement Lean start by improving processes – mapping value streams in order to highlight waste and attempting to remove it. That’s all well and good but there are...
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Visiting the Gemba is essential. It is a privilege to be asked to go and see the inspiration people get from discovering new ways of working together and to hear their questions as they struggle to...
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