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Foolish Consistency or Meaningful Standard Work?
How do organizations develop system-wide standard work and also create the conditions for local problem solving within departments? Dr. Grant…
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Transforming Transformation
We are all trying to transform. That's what lean thinking and practice are all about: challenging us to reflect deeply…
Read article Why do you lean experts still revere the Toyota Production System? Hasn’t any one come up with something better?
Dear Gemba Coach,Since Toyota formulated TPS 50 years ago, many other companies have come up with their own business systems…
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The Best Article Articles 2013: Editors’ Picks
A roundup of high value-added stories you may have missed from The Article in 2013, but should bookmark for a…
Read articleThe Best Lean Post Articles 2013: Editors’ Picks
A roundup of high value-added stories you may have missed from The Lean Post in 2013, but should bookmark for…
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The Lean Transformation Model
John Shook, CEO of the Lean Enterprise Institutes explains the Lean Transformation Model and how it can transform your organization.
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Thinking Outside the Pyramid
Machiavelli said it's better to be feared than loved. Lean practitioner Daniel Fisher rejects this idea and argues it’s better…
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How to Develop Lean Leaders and Still Get Work Done
Three years ago the leadership team at Cardinal Health asked LEI to help them create a program specifically designed to…
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The Question All Healthcare Leaders Should be Asking Themselves
Lean healthcare expert Mark Graban takes a common problem he sees again and again in hospitals (errors with hourly rounds…
Read article We struggle to set target conditions. Is there a system to do so?
Dear Gemba Coach: We work with Toyota Kata, which we find very helpful, but we struggle to set target conditions.…
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What’s Your Company’s Bottleneck?
"A bottleneck is the weak link in the system, the one constraint that prevents us from manufacturing that next toaster…
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What To Do When Executives Think Continuous Improvement Smells Fishy
Top executives are smart, but they don't always see the value of continuous improvement efforts. And continuous improvement professionals don't…
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