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New! Managing to Learn Gets to the Heart of Lean Management
In Managing to Learn author John Shook explains how the A3 process links strategy and problem solving thus transforming managing in order to ‘command-and-control’ into ‘managing to learn.’ Learn more.

Workbooks Support Workshops
Attending workshops on Creating Continuous Flow, Making Materials Flow, or Creating Level Pull? Read the award-winning workbooks (same name) for maximum benefit. For the Value-Stream Mapping workshop, readLearning to See. Learn more.

Mapping for Admin & Services
LEI's training kit,Mapping to See: A Value Stream Improvement Kit for the Office and Services, is the result of four years of development and testing.

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Our twice-monthly e-letters deliver insights about lean thinking from Jim Womack and alerts on new web content, including book excerpts. Using the Home tab drop-down menu, log in and check "Allow E-letters" near the bottom of the form.

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The practical knowledge your company needs to launch and sustain a lean transformation is in our product catalog.

Lean Enterprise Institute books, workbooks, and training materials - are designed to de-mystify what a sensei does so you can begin the lean conversion process or advance to the next stage. Find the right resources quickly, by scrolling through the main categories:

Lean Workbooks - Action-oriented, practical, prize-winning information organized and designed to support implementation. Workbooks show you what steps to take on Monday morning to implement lean concepts.

Lean Leadership - Thought-leading books to deepen your understanding of lean principles or provide new insights and analysis into implementation.

Lean Applications - Narrower in scope than Leadership books and sharply focused on a particular topic.

Lean Tools - Training materials, videos, value-stream mapping pads, and much more.

Lean Fundamentals - Books that trace the development of lean manufacturing or that first explained its concepts and techniques.

Lean Translations - Books and workbooks in languages other than English. Click here to see a summary of the products available.