Manufacturing

Four Types of Problems

30th June 2020 - David Brunt

Any seasoned Lean Thinker will have heard or used the phrase, “What problem are you trying to solve?” But is the art of problem solving getting lost amongst the noise of the numerous...

Read more

May News – Lean Community

29th May 2020 - David Brunt

When Jim Womack and Dan Jones launched Lean Thinking back in 1996 a whole chapter was devoted to creating “An Action Plan” to help leaders apply lean thinking to transform...

Read more

April News – Lean Community

30th April 2020 - David Brunt

Everyone at LEA hopes that our lean community, your families, friends and colleagues continue to be safe. As I write this letter we are still in the eye of the Covid19 crisis. In our working lives,...

Read more
Supply Chain Risk

Lean Supply Chains & Risk

14th February 2020 - David Brunt

Ensuring the safety of people during the Corona Virus is the most important issue, but it is also affecting business. Yesterday JCB, the UK maker of yellow diggers, announced it is cutting production...

Read more