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Dan Pink Podcast Transcript

Lexicon Term

Continuous Flow

Producing and moving one item at a time (or a small and consistent batch of items) through a series of processing steps as continuously as…

Lexicon Term

5S

5S refers to five related terms, beginning with an S sound, describing workplace practices conducive to visual control and lean production. The five terms in…

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Lean Thinking and Practice

A five-step thought process proposed by Womack and Jones in 1996 to guide managers through a lean transformation. The five principles are: Specify value from…

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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 Enterprise Institute CEO John Shook Calls for Ending the “Madness” in Supply Chain Strategies

Shook made his recommendations on lean supply chains to authorities on Japan, leading investors, economists, policymakers, and business executives at Bloomberg’s Rebuilding Japan Conference.

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Lean Enterprise Institute Marks Its 15th Anniversary in 2012 with Move to New Offices in Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA

More open space at 215 First St., Suite 300, Cambridge, MA, will facilitate collaborative working and learning.

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Lean Enterprise Institute Webinar to Challenge Conventional Thinking about Leadership

Registration is open now for the September 9, 2014, free webinar “How to Lead with Respect.”