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Standards vs. Standardization
Dear Gemba Coach: We’re often told that “there can be no kaizen without standards.” But when do you start when there…
Read article The Bottom Line: Running hard
Lean one piece flow keeps the last shoe factories in U.S. producing athelteic shoes for New Balance. This story in…
Read article The spirit of challenge
Culture will drive Toyota’s recovery from recalls and recession, according to this excerpt from Toyota Under Fire.
Read article ‘Lean’ Manufacturing Takes Root in U.S.
In an overview of lean, Fox News notes that General Electric estimates it has saved up to four direct labor…
Read article How Do I Change the Culture?
Dear Gemba Coach: I come from a company quite advanced in lean and I’ve joined a new firm as technical director.…
Read article Any Color You Want Except Tuxedo Black
Henry Ford could get the customer any type of Model T as long as it was black. But the Ford…
Read article Teaching a ‘Lean Startup’ Strategy
A new MBA elective course at Harvard, called Launching Technology Ventures, uses a lot of concepts from the "lean startup" methodology, which…
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The Gemba Walk, from the 2011 Lean Transformation Summit
Jim Womack, LEI founder and author, talks about his experience with Gemba Walks and his book Gemba Walks.
Watch video Lean Continuous Improvement as Culture
Author David Verble shares three fundamental ways that a lean culture bases its practice of continuous improvement on the principle…
Read article Lean Thinking is Horizontal Thinking
In the first of a two-part interview, Jim Womack, founder and senior advisor of LEI, talks with LeanBlog podcaster Mark…
Read article A Turbulent Industry Looks to Lean for Smoother Flying
Lean Thinkers in aviation try to take some of the turbulence out of an industry that often hits bumps on…
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Podcast #116 – Jim Womack, His New Book “Gemba Walks”
Jim Womack, LEI founder and saenior advisor, sat down wit Mark Graban at the Lean Blog for a 2-part interview,…
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