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Sharing how the world is making things better through lean thinking and practice.
Product & Process Development
Why Value-Stream Mapping is Essential to Product and Process Development
Learn about a proven way to help cross-functional teams clearly “see” their work and achieve their full potential.
Article by John Drogosz, PhD
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Understanding Before Executing
LEI’s lean product and process development coaches share the second of several guiding principles that will help you improve the success of your organization’s new products, processes, and services.
Article by Lean Leaper
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Are You Ready for the Next Crisis?
The Cleveland Clinic’s lean management and operating system helped it handle the challenges arising from the pandemic. Here are several key principles they learned that you could use to prepare your organization’s response to future crises.
Article by John Shook and Lisa Yerian, MD
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Understanding the True Value of the TWI Job Instruction Training Method
Article by Chia-Chun Chung
Strategies for Tackling Complex Problems: a Conversation with Paolo Savaget
Podcast by Tom Ehrenfeld
Line Management
Case Study by David Drickhamer
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What is the Theory of Constraints, and How Does it Compare to Lean Thinking?
Article by Sergio Rattner