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Lean Business-IT Integration, Part Four: The Lean Learning Leader
In the fourth article of a five-part series on Lean IT, LEI faculty member Steve Bell addresses leadership and IT…
Read article How Should We Relate Lean Projects to KPIs in a Large Company?
Dear Gemba Coach: We have started a continuous improvement process with dedicated lean experts at each site. Until now our…
Read article Think Before You Leap
In this second of a series on getting started with your A3, coach David Verble shares why clarifing what you…
Read article What Are the Lean Enterprise Institute and the Lean Global Network
John Shook, CEO of the Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI), describes LEI and the Lean Global Network, a group of 18…
Read article Are Lean Managers Teaching Or Just Controlling?
Dear Gemba Coach: I hear what you lean guys are saying about, learning, “kata” and the role of managers as…
Read article Can Lean Boost Sales?
Dear Gemba Coach: Every one says that lean is not just about cost cutting. But I fail to see how…
Read article Don’t Call It…Anything
Would lean be easier to teach and learn if it weren't called lean? If in fact it weren't labeled at…
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IMPROVEMENT KATA SHIPYARD EXAMPLE
An example of the Improvement Kata in action at a shipyard in Lithuania.
Watch video How Can Our Back Office Sustain Lean?
Dear Gemba Coach: The improvement program at the back office of the bank where I am a lean facilitator is…
Read article Are You Being SMART?
Coach Tracey Richardson shares five key qualities that should inform your A3 thinking.
Read article Visual Management – the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Visualization is a good thing. We all know that. And many of us in the Lean Community practice it, to…
Read article Can you help us define the role of team leader?
Dear Gemba Coach: My lean team is creating a team leader role, and we are struggling to define this function…
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