It is fair to say that over the last quarter of a century the term lean has spread to almost every sector. In the early days of implementation the manufacturing companies visiting Japan to see what...
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Healthcare
Lean Summit 2014: Building a Lean Management System for Healthcare and the Public Sector
At the Lean Enterprise Academy we always try to push forward the frontiers of lean. There are two dimensions to this – taking lean to different environments and gaining new insight into...
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Deploying Policy
There is no doubt that Policy Deployment (or hoshin kanri) is an integral part of any lean implementation. It’s a management process that aligns – both vertically and horizontally – an...
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What will happen after you leave?
The Lean Edge: What would you do if you were a CEO and you tried lean the right way and were passionate about it but you seemed to be failing at every turn getting all your stakeholders angry?...
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8 Key Lean Learning Sessions
The theme for the 2014 Lean Summit is Practical Next Steps. The purposes of our annual summit are: To raise consciousness of the latest developments in Lean Thinking To provide insight into...
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