In our Lean Summits we are always focused on deepening our insights into the frontiers of Lean practice. We aim to provide real food for those seriously engaged in Lean transformations, which you...
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Four Lessons on Lean Healthcare
In the past decade, lean management principles have expanded to the healthcare industry, often with great results: Here I share a few lessons learned Although Lean was born in Toyota in the 1950s and...
Read moreDesert Island Lean: Key Lean Books
At the beginning of a New Year many of us define a list of things we want to accomplish over the next 12 months. Towards the end of 2014 two activities prompted me to think more deeply about what has...
Read moreUK Lean Summit 2014 – Lean Transformation: Practical Next Steps
We are very excited about our Lean Summit that takes place next week. For those that haven’t yet booked there are still a few places left to join 200 other Lean Thinkers. To see what you...
Read moreWhat Lean Really Is?
The evolution of Toyota’s practices Daniel T Jones (1) Lean thinking and practice are generic versions of the Toyota Production System (TPS) and the Toyota Way management system (2). Lean...
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