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It’s Time for Lean Manufacturing
Lean Enterprise Institute’s leaders provided insights about the cultural and technical elements of lean management in the October 2019 issue of Quality Magazine: Lean management…
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Why Doesn't Lean Have a Seat at the Table?
In an IndustryWeek article that originally ran on the Lean Post, Steven Spear, an LEI faculty member, award-winning author, and senior lecturer in MIT’s Engineering…
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OU ISE students use ‘Lean Thinking’ to improve operations, optimize space at Humble Design warehouse
The nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute provided student interns with a grant through its James P. Womack Scholarship and Philanthropy Fund. The grant supported students as…
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What Is an Engineer’s Most Important Tool? A Good Pair of Shoes
Senior Editor Jill Jusko’s interview with Jim Morgan, COO of electric car startup Rivian and director of LEI’s Lean Product and Process Development program, makes…
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Supply Chain News: Learning from Toyota Way Principles versus Copying Toyota Practices
Supply Chain Digest reprinted an article from the Lean Enterprise Institute site by Jeff Liker, PhD, in which he advises companies that trying to copy…
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Book Review: "Steady Work," by Karen Gaudet
“The book is great. Read it now. It’ll take you less than an hour, and it’s a far more rewarding use of your time than…
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Steady Work, by Karen Gaudet with Emily Adams, Lean Enterprise Institute
From the review of Steady Work by Patricia Mody: “How could one tailor a work system to fit each store’s unique layout and demand environment?. The…
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A Toyota Way Teachable Moment
IndustryWeek’s Continuous Improvement newsletter picks up the story by author and lean management practitioner Jeff Liker that originally appeared on the Lean Post.
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It’s A Great Time To Reimagine Ways To Be More Efficient
The commentary section of the Aston Report, an influential food service newsletter, had very positive words about the new book Steady Work on how to…
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Experts Available to Discuss the Benefit of Lean Management to Dramatically Improve Healthcare Delivery
The Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) and the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value (TCHV) can provide the news media with subject matter experts to discuss how…
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Lean Enterprise Institute Workshops in Cambridge, MA,Teach New Lean Leadership Behaviors
The nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute will run a series of six workshops at its office in Cambriddge, MA, in the first quarter of 2010 for…
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Lean Transformation Summit Reveals Keys to “Lean for the Long Term”
A unique group of companies, including two that have sustained lean transformations since the mid-1990s, will reveal how they are developing lean longevity at the…
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Lean Enterprise Institute Releases New “Womack on Lean Management” DVD
James Womack, who led the MIT research team that gave lean production its name, reveals his latest research and thinking about lean management on a…
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San Antonio Lean Management Training Focuses on Manufacturing, Job Shops, Logistics, and Distribution
11 public workshops sponsored by the Lean Enterprise Institute cover a comprehensive range of lean tools and management methods
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Lean Transformation Summit Features a Job Shop’s Long Lean Journey
A unique group of companies, including Lantech, which has sustained a lean transformation since the early 1990s, will reveal how they are developing “lean for…
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Lean Transformation Summit Highlights Lean Efforts at 2 Aerospace Companies
A unique group of organizations, including Goodrich Aerostructures and a FedEx Express aircraft maintenance facility, will reveal how they are developing “lean for the long…
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Lean Transformation Summit Spotlights Aircraft Maintenance Facility
A unique group of organizations, including the FedEx Express Aircraft Maintenance facility in Los Angeles, will reveal how they are developing “lean for the long…
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Seattle Workshops on Lean Thinking For Healthcare & Administrative Processes
11 public workshops sponsored by the nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute May 11-13 will cover how to implement lean management concepts in healthcare and administrative processes…
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Lean Enterprise Institute Announces 6 Lean Management Workshops for Indianapolis
The training sessions will help Lean Thinkers launch and sustain lean transformations in manufacturing and nonmanufacturing processes.
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Lean Training Workshops Offered by Nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute
Eight lean management workshops from July to September 2010 at the Lean Enterprise Institute will help Lean Thinkers launch and sustain lean transformations in manufacturing…
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