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What are the biggest obstacles you are facing in your lean journey?
Company culture, weak management support, lack of lean knowledge – even federal budget sequestration – were among the answers you…
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Lean Management for High-Mix, Low-Volume Operations
LEI faculty member Greg Lane offers some examples of how the application of lean concepts differs in high mix/low volume…
Watch video Why Does Our Recognition Program Just Feel So Bad?
Dear Gemba Coach: My company has put an employee of the month program and other related efforts to reward good…
Read article Lean Coaching Skills: Tips for “Humble Inquiry”
Lean Enterprise Institute faculty member David Verble compares and contrasts different managerial styles of coaching in this video.
Watch video Operator morale has suffered terribly since we implemented cell manufacturing, and the ideas that kaizens generate have been weak. Would you please share your insights on this situation?
Dear Gemba Coach: Operator morale has suffered terribly since we implemented cell manufacturing, and the ideas that kaizens generate have…
Read article Boston Marathon 2013 – Reflections
In business, as in sports, we like to compete. We believe competing can benefit everyone. “Everyone” means everyone – not…
Read article Jim Womack discusses the state of the lean movement, and compares the A3 management process with traditional modern management
Addressing workshop attendees during a lunch break, Jim Womack, management expert and Lean Enterprise Institute founder, discusses the state of…
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Using Lean Thinking to Help Schools Get the Resources They Need at DonorsChoose.org
A fantastic example of how lean thinking and practice has moved into the nonprofit sector, DonorsChoose.org began its lean journey…
Read article How GE is making things better through lean
Bill McDonogh, HR Lean Transformation Leader at GE Appliance tells us how GE is making things better through lean thinking…
Watch video When a Passion for Caring Becomes a Commitment to Process Improvement: Judy Worth and Karl Ohaus on Lean Thinking for Healthcare Organizations
LEI interviews lean practitioners and co-authors of Perfecting Patient Journeys Judy Worth and Karl Ohaus about the potential for lean…
Read article Part 2: What is the best lean way to understand VALUE (in terms of what our customers want)?
Dear Gemba Coach, What is the best lean way to understand VALUE (in terms of what our customers want)
Read article Follow-up Q & A to the Webinar “Getting to Everyday Improvement: How to Connect the Science and Culture of Problem Solving”
A follow-up Q&A with presenters Judy Worth and Beau Keyte for the Lean Enterprise Institute's webinar on Getting to Everyday Improvement.
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