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Insights on Why, When, and How Value-Stream Mapping is a Vital Part of Continuous Improvement
A selection of Lean Posts offers the information leaders need to maximize the benefit of using this powerful lean practice.
Read articleAsk Art: What’s So Important About Reducing Setup Times?
An overview of the strategic and tactical benefits of eliminating waste from changeovers demonstrates why it should be a focus…
Read articleUsing Lean Thinking and Practices to Shrink the Time Between Disaster and Recovery
SBP leveraged a continuous-improvement model based on the Toyota Production System to devise and execute creative solutions to rebuild a…
Read article6 Guidelines for Moving Toward a Lean Value Stream
Once you’re ready to use value-stream mapping to continuously improve your value streams, follow this advice from the authors of…
Read articleA Postcard — with Leadership Insights — from Nashville
A look back at LEI’s Lean Transformation Summit in 2018 shares a few tips from CEO keynoters on how to…
Read articleAssessing a New Way to Develop More Lean Thinkers
The James P. Womack Scholarship & Philanthropy Fund reflects on its experiments to improve the teaching of lean thinking and…
Read articleHow Lean Thinking and Practices Helps Manage Rapid Growth
The cofounders of a successful digital startup share their experience navigating uncertainty.
Read articleWhy You Need to Map the Extended Value Stream
This case study from the LEI workbook Seeing the Whole Value Stream shows how the practice can help businesses optimize…
Read articleAsk Art: How Important are Your Suppliers to Implementing Lean Production?
You won't reap the full benefits of lean production without involving your suppliers as an essential part of your value…
Read articleWhy Value-Stream Mapping is Essential to Product and Process Development
Learn about a proven way to help cross-functional teams clearly “see” their work and achieve their full potential.
Read articleExpanding the Purpose of Catchball
Learn how catchball, the process of colleagues tossing ideas back and forth to improve them iteratively, helps get the job…
Read articleEmbrace Lean for Respect, Learning, and Growth
A new book demonstrates how lean thinking and practices can help organizations manage rapid growth.
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