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Mission
Our global mission is to be the leading educators for society in maximizing value and minimizing waste. To accomplish this goal, we develop and advance lean principles, tools, and techniques designed to enable positive change.

The Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) is a nonprofit education and research organization founded in 1997 to promote and advance the principles of lean thinking in every aspect of business and across a wide range of industries.

A major LEI objective is to create a complete toolkit for Lean Thinkers to use in transforming businesses. The lean toolkit is intended to be a dynamic and continually evolving means of sharing knowledge among Lean Thinkers.

Media Center
This is a special area where members of the media can quickly get background articles about lean manufacturing, definitions of key terms, examples of value-stream maps, our annual State of Lean Report, and news releases with product information.

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Lean People
Read bios of LEI leaders in the U.S. and at our global affiliates, and get contact information for staff members.