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February 4, 2014
Lean Enterprise Institute CEO John Shook Tells Entrepreneur Lean Management Is About Value Not Costs
The author and lean management expert explains how startups can use lean principles to stay lean as they grow.
Read moreFebruary 6, 2013
Lean Enterprise Institute CEO John Shook Joins Summit on “Manufacturing’s Next Chapter”
Lean Enterprise Institute CEO John Shook addresses "Manufacturing's Next Chapter," a business summit organized by The Atlantic to bring together experts from business, government, and labor to deliberate the impact on industry of powerful trends in technology, insourcing, workforce development, and global competitiveness.
Read moreFebruary 1, 2013
Lean Enterprise Institute CEO John Shook urges manufacturers to “right-shore” operations for sustainable job creation
LEI CEO John Shook made the case for "right shoring" manufacturing while speaking at a Washington, DC, business summit presented by The Atlantic and GE.
Read moreDecember 3, 2012
The Atlantic Quotes LEI CEO John Shook on Insourcing Trend
A cover story on insourcing quotes John Shook, chairman and CEO of the nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute, and other manufacturing experts.
Read moreMay 25, 2012
Subaru Made in Japan Defies Trend as Fuji Lifts Output
Bloomberg BusinessWeek talks to Lean Enterprise Institute CEO John Shook and other industry experts on the decision by Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. to boost domestic manufacturing while other Japanese automakers are expanding overseas to escape the strong yen. A former Toyota manager, Shook was its first American kacho (manager) at its headquarters in Japan where he helped transfer its lean management system to North America.
Read moreMarch 1, 2012
Billionaire Chung Shows Hyundai Luxury No Joke Chasing BMW: Cars
LEI CEO John Shook comments to Bloomberg Markets on the rise of Hyundai, once known only as the builder of cheap cars.
Read moreFebruary 3, 2012
Denver Health Becomes Profitable After Using Toyota as a Template
In a story about the lean healthcare success at Denver Health, Governing cites five lean principles championed by the Lean Enterprise Institute: (1) Identify the value of the product for the customer; (2) Map the process for creating the product and eliminate elements without value; (3) Create a flow for the value-creating steps; (4) Let customers pull value from that flow; and (5) Begin the process again and seek perfection.
Read moreJanuary 20, 2012
Ohio Grabs Acura From Japan as Yen Fuels Exodus to U.S.: Cars
Bloomberg BusinessWeek quotes John Shook, Lean Enterprise Institute CEO and author, on Honda Motor Co.’s choice to build what it described as a racing-oriented “supercar” in Ohio.
Read moreJanuary 4, 2012
Lean leads the way to Manufacturing Hall of Fame
Lean Directions Newsletter notes that "perhaps best known of the three lean inductees" to IndustryWeek's Manufacturing Hall of Fame is John Shook, chairman and CEO of the Lean Enterprise Institute.
Read moreDecember 14, 2011
National Magazine Inducts 10 Manufacturing Leaders Into the IW Manufacturing Hall of Fame
Lean Enterprise Institute CEO John Shoook is named to the 2011 IndustryWeek Manufacturing Hall of Fame.
Read moreDecember 9, 2011
Gemba Walks: Learn lessons from the author who lived the experiences
AME's Target magazine reviews Gemba Walks by Lean Enterprise Institute Founder Jim Womack, calling it "a great reference to help you reflect on perennial issues that lean leaders face every day." (Scroll down the page to the review.)
Read moreDecember 1, 2011
Interview: Lean Enterprise Institute CEO John Shook
In an article in the newsletter of Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University, LEI CEO and former Toyota Manager John Shook talks about the application of lean concepts beyond manufacturing, common mistakes companies make in implementing lean management, and recent trends in continuous improvement applications. While at Toyota, Shook helped the automaker transfer its management system to the NUMMI joint venture with GM in Fremont, CA.
Read moreOctober 31, 2011
AME names five to Hall of Fame
Lean Enterprise Institute Founder James Womack was inducted into the Association for Manufacturing Excellence's Hall of Fame during a ceremony at its annual 2011 conference.
Read moreOctober 19, 2011
Lean Enterprise Institute CEO John Shook Wins Sloan Management Review Award for Best Article on Change and Organizational Development
Winning article on culture change lessons from NUMMI should be “required reading” for anyone concerned with corporate culture change, according to SMR.
Read moreOctober 11, 2011
Conference on how to keep jobs in U.S.
In an interview with WWLP-TV (Springfield, MA) LEI CEO John Shook notes that the roots of modern lean thinking are traceable to advancements in machining done more than a century ago in Springfield, the site of a conference on how lean protects U.S. jobs. The event, which Shook keynoted, was sponsored by the Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership.
Read moreOctober 5, 2011
John Shook on “The big lie about outsourcing”
Paul Levy, a former CEO of a large Boston hospital, posted a summary of John Shook's conferaence keynote on "Outsourcing: thae Big Lie."
Read moreOctober 3, 2011
Outsourced manufacturing coming back? Conference focuses on ‘Made Lean in America’ as way to lure jobs back
LEI CEO John Shook tells the Hartford Business Journal that companies are learning to strengthen supply chains by partnering with local suppliers.
Read moreSeptember 26, 2011
Going regional to “stop the madness”
"I came across an interesting “e-letter” this weekend penned by John Shook, chairman and CEO of the business-focused think-tank Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI)," wrote Sean Kilcarr in his Trucks at Work Blog.
Read moreAugust 21, 2011
Honda Civic Seen Loser On Mediocre Design
LEI CEO John Shook talks to Bloomberg abouot the influence of Honda founder Soichiro Honda.
Read moreJuly 13, 2011
Background: What Is the Lean Enterprise Institute?
A summary of lean managment and the Lean Enterprise Institute's background and mission
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