We are often asked to evaluate how lean an organisation is. How far it has progressed down its lean journey and what its next steps should be. An obvious place to start is to go and take a walk...
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Tag: Value Stream Analysis
A Remarkable Story
The most surprising and rewarding thing last year was seeing how lean is transforming the patient journeys through what is thought to be the oldest hospital in Europe, founded on the 23rd of June...
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Value Stream management
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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Learning to Work Together
On our trip to Japan to launch The Machine that Changed the World in 1990, the Chairman of Toyota, Dr Soichiro Toyoda, told me “The only competitors we really fear are the Germans, if they ever...
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Doing the Wrong Things
I used to think that physical assets — product designs, facilities and equipment, IT systems, supply chains and distribution channels — are the biggest constraints to progress with Lean. But not...
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