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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LEA Partner Jæger Automobil wins Lean Prize Norway
On Thursday 30th November at the Lean Forum Norway’s major annual conference The First National Lean Award was presented to Jæger Automobil. The idea behind Lean Award is to highlight the focus to...
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The Financial Consequences of Lean
Why is it so hard to see the financial consequences of lean? Failure to answer this dilemma has derailed many lean initiatives. This is not such a problem if top management really understands the...
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A Recession Action Plan
A recession is a good time for lean. Organisations can either postpone lean and resort to traditional cost cutting, or they can accelerate and redouble their progress with lean. I doubt the former...
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Lean Homework
The consumer goods industry is waking up to lean in a hurry. With rising input prices and powerful retailers trying to keep the lid on prices they have few other places to go. It is finally time to...
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