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Lean Transformation: Thinking, Learning, & Experimenting For Today’s Complicated Operating System

By Matt Zayko

April 1, 2010

Matt Zayko, an LEI faculty member, notes that many organizations that have tried to implement lean in the past 20 years have fallen short. To succeed, he recommends that you answer four key questions:- What is the performance problem you are trying to solve? - What are you doing to simplify your operating system activities? - What are your organization’s improvement capabilities? - What is your improvement approach?A version of the article also appeared in the August 2010 magazine of the North American Die Cast Association: http://www.diecasting.org/links/issues/0410/410online1.pdf

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Matt Zayko, an LEI faculty member, notes that many organizations that have tried to implement lean in the past 20 years have fallen short. To succeed, he recommends that you answer four key questions:

– What is the performance problem you are trying to solve?
– What are you doing to simplify your operating system activities?
– What are your organization’s improvement capabilities?
– What is your improvement approach?

A version of the article also appeared in the August 2010 magazine of the North American Die Cast Association: http://www.diecasting.org/links/issues/0410/410online1.pdf

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Matt shares the knowledge gained from over 25 years immersed in leading, coaching, and publishing about lean enterprise improvements in The Power of Process. His leadership in numerous industries focused on helping people transform product development, engineering, manufacturing, and service processes, including their associated operating systems. Staff- and management-level roles include several under the…

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