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March 15, 2017
MVD improvements attract international attention
A delegation from the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) and a representative from the Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) visited MVD recently.
Read moreMarch 7, 2017
Target magazine reviews “Lead With Respect: A Novel of Lean Practice”
AME's Target magazine gives a positive review to Lead With Respect, a lean management novel by Michael Ballé.
Read moreMarch 6, 2017
Turner Chief Innovation Officer to Address Annual Lean Enterprise Institute Transformation Summit
Jim Barrett, chief innovation officer for Turner Construction Company, will discuss how the company adapts and develops lean principles, methods, and tools for the construction industry.
Read moreOctober 17, 2016
Campus lean management research center to investigate streamlining hospital care
LEI Communications Director Chet Marchwinski talks to the Daily Californian about lean management following the announcement that LEI would co-sponsor CLEAR, the Center for Lean Engagement and Research at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health to improve hospital care.
Read moreSeptember 30, 2016
Managing Workflow—the Lean Way
The main responsibility of CIOs and other information technology managers is to create an environment for work to flow, according to John Shook, CEO, Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) and Alice Lee, LEI executive director, writing in CIO magazine.
Read moreFebruary 16, 2016
Lean for Social Innovation: People Are Our Most Valuable Resource
Students in Lean for Social Innovation, a learn-by-doing class at Babson College, will read Managing to Learn by LEI CEO John Shook to help them apply the lessons working at The Greater Boston Food Bank.
Read moreFebruary 3, 2016
How One-Piece-Flow Supports Quality
Manufacturing Engineering,published by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, picks up a Lean Post article by Art Byrne, who as CEO led the lean transformation at Wiremold.
Read moreJanuary 26, 2016
Businesses Learn The Art of ‘LEAN’ Management
Lean begins with quality, LEI CEO John Shook tells Mississippi TV after keynoting the 2016 Applied Lean Leadership Conference.
Read moreJanuary 17, 2016
New book shares how Goodyear pioneered ‘lean’ processes to transform
John Shook, LEI CEO, talks to the Akron Business Journal about Lean Driven Innovation, a new book by Goodyear engineer Norbert Majerus about lean product development.
Read moreNovember 2, 2015
Everett aerospace supplier Korry Electronics goes lean
LEI founding CEO Jim Womack comments on what he saw at an aerospace supplier on a lean transformation.
Read moreOctober 15, 2015
Personal PDCA and How I Learned It
On his first day working at Toyota in Japan, LEI COO Mark Reich recalls being assigned a mentor and a problem to solve.
Read moreMay 21, 2015
Go to the Gemba
Why is going to the gemba (Japanese for where value is added) such an important part of lean management? What do you look for? What do you learn when you are there? Listen to Michael Ballé answer these questions and others in this ASQ-led webinar.
Read moreApril 4, 2015
Physicians get “Lean” for Efficient Services
Dr. Darlene Dumont, DBA, director of learning at the nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute, tells the Ambulatory M&A Advisor that lean healthcare puts the patient at the center of everything
Read moreMarch 19, 2015
Problem Solving on a Single Sheet of Paper
Training magazine publishes an excerpt from Lead With Respect: A Novel of Lean Practice by Freddy Ballé and Michael Ballé (Lean Enterprise Institute, Inc., August 2014).
Read moreMarch 12, 2015
State of Washington Embraces Lean
Lean Enterprise Institute CEO John Shook is quoted in a Target magazine story about Washington State’s efforts to move beyond lean techniques to culture change. (Subscription)
Read moreMarch 1, 2015
Lean Enterprise Institute Manager Explains Why Retail and Service Companies Implement Lean Management
Retail and service companies are implementing lean management principles not only to create more value for customers at less cost -- just like manufacturers that adopted the principles -- but for reasons unique to their workforces and demand patterns, according to Joshua Howell, a senior coach at the nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI). Unlike many manufacturers, retail and service companies must manage thousands of people, scattered among thousands of locations, and contend with unpredictable demand, Howell said in a recent podcast interview with Gemba Academy.
Read moreFebruary 26, 2015
Bringing Respect for People to the World’s Sweatshops
Jim Womack, a senior advisor and founder of the Lean Enterprise Institute, tells the Stanford Social Innovation Review, that it is no longer good enough for contractors to stop using child labor and provide a safe working environment. Multinationals need to assist their contractors in applying lean management practices and demand that they use them.
Read moreSeptember 16, 2014
7 Steps for Leading Lean with Respect for People
Writing in IndustryWeek, LEI author and columnist Michael Balle describes the seven foundational behavioral skills that leaders need to get results from their lean management efforts.
Read moreSeptember 12, 2014
Forbes Carries Jim Womack’s Reflection on James Harbour’s Research
Author and management expert Jim Womack remembers how important the research of James Harbour was to the early lean management movement in this post at Forbes.
Read moreJuly 7, 2014
John Shook’s Comments on One-Piece Flow Appear in Forbes
John Shook, Lean Enterprise Institute chairman and CEO, is quoted in a June 2014 Forbes article about the advantages of continuous flow for US manufacturing.
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