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Mining Gold and Improvement Ideas at Kinross

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Mining Gold and Improvement Ideas at Kinross

By Lean Leaper

July 5, 2016

Unless it changed how it did business, the fluctuating price of gold would determine the fate of Kinross, a Nevada gold mine with limited reserves. Watch this video to learn from LEI faculty member Ernie Richardson and Kinross Continuous Improvement Facilitators Vicente Ramirez and Deanna Hall how Kinross prospered by empowering its people.

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Unless it changed how it did business, the fluctuating price of gold would determine the fate of Kinross, a Nevada gold mine with limited reserves. Watch the video to learn how Kinross prospered by identifying and eliminating waste and empowering its people. You’ll learn:  

  • The business problem Kinross was trying to solve with a lean transformation
  • Where the transformation began and how it spread
  • How the company developed continuous improvement mindsets and behaviors among associates and managers
  • How it captures improvement ideas
  • How you can learn the lessons that Kinross is learning

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