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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Retail & Hospitality
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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Seven Mistakes with Lean Transformations
It doesn’t matter where you are on your lean journey. If you are not conscious of the potential failure modes when applying Lean Thinking and Practice you will struggle to avoid them. All of us can...
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Merry Christmas from LEA
The team at LEA wish all of you a Merry Christmas. Thank you all for your support in 2021. Let’s hope for a peaceful holiday period and best wishes for 2022. We’ve been steadily working...
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The “Check” stage in PDCA
An intrinsic part of lean thinking and practice is the scientific method – Plan, Do, Check, Act. At this time of year, our attention turns to “C” – the “Check” stage in PDCA. Reflection...
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