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Diving Deeper into the Toyota Way: A Podcast with Jeff Liker
Professor Jeff Liker discusses the new, second edition of his classic book The Toyota Way on WLEI, the LEI podcast.
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Avoiding Common Pitfalls of Value-Stream Mapping
Mike Rother, co-author of Learning to See, offers some insights about the dos, don’ts, and maybes of value-stream mapping.
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Fewer Heroes, More Farmers
I recently met with the chief executive of a very large American corporation organized by business units, each self-contained with its own product development, production,…
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Welcome Problems, Find Success - Creating Toyota Cultures Around the World
In this book, author Nate Furuta, former chair and CEO of Toyota Boshoku America Inc., shares his decades of experience directly leading the establishment of Toyota…
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Fundamental and Advanced Lean Concepts Addressed in 10 Workshops by the Lean Enterprise Institute
The lean management training classes set for February through June 2014 will help manufacturing and service companies launch and sustain lean transformations.
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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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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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Lean Enterprise Institute Announces Training for Supply Chain, Logistics, Warehousing, and Distribution
The two hands-on workshops will take place October 8-11, 2013, at a working supply chain operations center so attendees can experience lean management principles in…
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Lean Culture Change Workshop Added to the Summer/Fall Schedule at the Nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute
The newest workshop, Improvement Kata, is one of five summer and fall sessions designed to deliver practical, how-to answers in plain language about basic and…
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Lean Manufacturing and Lean Service Workshops Set for Los Angeles
Lean concepts for manufacturing, IT, offices and other environments will be covered along with how to create a lean culture of continuous improvement.
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Jacksonville Lean Management Workshops by the Lean Enterprise Institute Develop Leadership and Problem-Solving Skills
2 New Workshops Highlight LEI's Southeast regional training in Jacksonville, FL, Dec. 6-8, 2011.
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How do I introduce kaizen to IT?
Dear Gemba Coach: Based on your experience, what is the best strategy to introduce kaizen as social, ongoing events without start and end dates in…
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Back to Basics: Jim Womack on Why You Should Never Create an A3 Alone
In this eletter from 2008, Jim Womack (in honor of the then-recent publication of "Managing to Learn") shares invaluable advice for a problem that too…
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Lean Expansion: Spreading Lean from One Store to a Region at Starbucks
Scaling up is a challenge often talked about in lean circles. How can we best leverage our individual or small-scale wins to spread lean throughout…
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Advice from the Gemba: How Do People Accidentally Make Change Unsustainable?
The only thing tougher than change is SUSTAINING change, we often hear. But does sustaining change need to be SO hard? Is it naturally and…
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The Joys of a Brownfield
“Lean experience teaches us to enjoy and make the most of going to see. Go to the gemba, go there a lot, and learn to…
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It Takes 2 (or more) to A3
No one can create a useful A3 in isolation. It takes at least two individuals and often many more. Developing an A3 involves an organizational…
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