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Students Take the Lead in JPW Fund Internship
A hands-on, gemba-based “lean internship” gives participants broad-based lean management experience backed by professional and academic coaches.
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How to Launch Better Products Faster
A veteran lean product and process development (LPPD) coach explains the similarities and differences between Agile and LPPD methodologies, clarifying…
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Beyond Six Sigma: How Lean Delivers Deeper and More Enduring Benefits
In this enhanced presentation, former Wiremold Company CEO Art Byrne explores the differences between lean/continuous improvement and six sigma.
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Ask Art: How Well Do Companies Follow Toyota’s ‘Respect for People’ Principle?
Comparing traditional command-and-control management shows why this lean management tenet benefits both employees and the organization.
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Why the A3 Process Involves More than Filling in Boxes
As she details how to problem-solve using the A3 methodology, a veteran lean coach explains why it's essential to understand…
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How to Start the A3 Problem-Solving Process
Why the best, most productive way to “start an A3” is by recognizing that the A3 problem-solving methodology is a…
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Discovering the True Value of the A3 Process
The challenge with the A3 process isn’t in learning to write an A3 report; it’s in understanding how to use…
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To Successfully Apply Lean Thinking in Distribution, Go to Where the Action Is!
Two years after its first kaizen workshop, Plumbers Supply Company has made significant progress toward a lean business conversion. Starting…
View case studyUnderstanding the Many Facets of ‘the A3’
A review of the many ways lean practitioners refer to this core lean practice reveals its versatility — and why…
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How Lean Practitioners “See the Work” — and Why It Matters
In under three minutes, LEI's Instructional Designer Masia Goodman demonstrates how lean practitioners "see the work" so they can improve…
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Ask Art: How Do You Motivate Managers to Adopt Lean?
Leading an enterprise-wide lean transformation requires everyone at every level to adopt new approaches to their work. Here are some…
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A Philanthropic ‘Lean Internship’ Experiment Yields Unexpected Question About Purpose
To understand what could work in a hands-on, gemba-based lean learning experience, the LEI's JPW Fund did what lean practitioners…
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