Sharing how the world is making things better through lean thinking and practice.
Meeting Strategic Objectives
Turner Construction uses hoshin kanri (strategy deployment) and A3 problem-solving to create a management system that ensures it achieves its strategic business objectives.
Case Study by Patricia Panchak
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Making Jobs Better
A case study in improving an operator’s work
Article by John Cotter, Lory Moniz and Matthew Savas
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Building in Learning and Knowledge Reuse
LEI’s lean product and process development coaches share the third 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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Executive Leadership
How Lean Thinking and Practices Improves Disaster Recovery Efforts
Article by Lean Leaper
Line Management
Case Study by David Drickhamer
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Podcast by John Cotter and Matthew Savas
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Lessons from a Chief Engineer on Starting and Sustaining Lean Product and Process Development
Video by Chet Marchwinski and Steven Shoemaker
Operations
What is the Theory of Constraints, and How Does it Compare to Lean Thinking?
Article by Sergio Rattner
