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New Lean Logistics and Supply Chain Workbook Explains How to Increase Value While Reducing Costs
Building a Lean Fulfillment Stream, the latest workbook from the nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute, shows how lean thinking converts “supply chains” into swift, smoothly flowing…
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Lean Learning for Manufacturing, Distribution, and Services
13 lean workshops in Chicago by the Lean Enterprise Institute will cover value-stream mapping, culture change, strategy deployment, and much more.
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New Book, On the Mend, Prescribes Lean Healthcare to Cure U.S. Healthcare Delivery Waste and Errors
On the Mend tells the true story of how ThedaCare, a Wisconsin health system, implemented lean healthcare, a revolutionary new system for delivering more patient…
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Second Healthcare Network Created to Spread Lean Principles
The Lean Enterprise Institute and the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value have formed the second Healthcare Value Leaders Network, building on the initial Network that…
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Helen Zak named President and COO of the Healthcare Value Leaders Network
Long-time LEI COO now heads the nonprofit co-sponsored by LEI and the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value, and focused on improving healthcare delivery with lean…
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Lean Transformations Require CEO Transformations
A lean healthcare effort put a CEO on a workplace team with positive results.
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Lean Manufacturing and Company Culture Change Workshops in Los Angeles
The workshops include 5S and value-stream mapping along with Sustainable Lean Culture and Kaizen: the Culture of Continuous Improvement, plus many more.
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Lean Enterprise Institute Announces that Founder James P. Womack Will Step Down as CEO and Chairman, Succeeded by Senior Advisor John Shook
LEI Senior Advisor John Y. Shook will succeed Womack as CEO on Sept. 27, 2010, as planned. Womack will remain involved with LEI as a…
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Lean Enterprise Institute Announces that John Shook Is Its New Chairman and CEO, Succeeding Founder James P. Womack
Shook succeeds Founder James Womack as planned.
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Lean Management Books from the Lean Enterprise Institute Win Two Shingo Research Awards
Follow the Learner and The Lean Manager, which explain the implementation of lean leadership and lean management principles, have won the prestigious award administered by…
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Lean Supply Chains and Logistics Are Subjects of a Free Webinar
Learn the 8 guiding principles for turning supply "chains" into smoothly flowing “fulfillment streams” while reducing the total cost of fulfillment.
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Lean Accounting Award Recognizes the Work of an Accounting Professor and Graduate Student
Excellence in Lean Accounting awards for 2010 went to Daniel Harris, a doctoral candidate at the University of Mississippi, and Associate Professor Rosemary Fullerton, Ph.D.,…
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Lean Manufacturing Novel "The Gold Mine" Is Now an Audio Book
In a compelling and instructive story, The Gold Mine addresses what might be the most important lean discipline—the human challenge of creating and sustaining the…
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Lean Healthcare Reform Means Reforming Healthcare Management
Healthcare reform by reducing patient errors, improving outcomes, and delivering better quality care at a higher value was the topic of a keynote address by…
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Lean Manufacturing and Service Workshops Set for San Francisco
15 public workshops will cover how to implement lean management concepts in manufacturing, information technology, product development, job shops, warehousing, and distribution processes.
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Lean Management Workshops Set for Cambridge
The Lean Enterprise Institute, venue for the lineup of 5 workshops, including two new ones, is within driving distance of most New England executives and…
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Lean Transformation Summit Reveals “Frontiers and Fundamentals”
Lean management efforts at Ford Motor Co, Coca-Cola, Starbucks, and Acme Alliance are featured at the annual conference.
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Midwest Lean Training from the Lean Enterprise Institute
Got questions about the technical, cultural, leadership, or management challenges of a lean transformation? LEI's Chicago workshops have practical, how-to answers.
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Lean Management Book, Gemba Walks, by James Womack Challenges the Prevailing Management System
The latest book from the researcher who led the team that coined “lean production>” explores why lean management is better than the currently dominant management…
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Lean Management Workshops in Pittsburgh Will Cover Manufacturing and Services
The lean management workshop series will help executives and managers launch and sustain lean transformations in a variety of business environments.
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