Toyota’s lasting contribution to the practice of management is that it created a unique synthesis of three fundamental approaches to improvement — the analysis of quality and the use of the...
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Convincing Executives to Go Lean
I was recently asked how to convince senior executives to go lean. The best way to answer this question is to summarise two contrasting real stories — one that got it and one that still does not...
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Just imagine that instead of pursuing several hundred projects your organisation was able to focus everyone’s’ efforts on the vital three to five strategic objectives that would make the biggest...
Read moreLEA Partner Solar Group wins Lean Prize Denmark
In spite of the financial crisis, the implementation of Lean as a leading culture continues in the Solar Group with headquarters in Kolding. It is about changing people and habits before developing...
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As we emerge from the recession and look ahead old ways of thinking and action will not be enough to meet two big challenges ahead. The first challenge is the growing impact of the web in opening up...
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