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What are the key factors within an obeya room?

Dear Gemba Coach: On YouTube and in books there is a lot about A3 storyboards. Did you ever see them used to share people's plans…

by Michael Ballé

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Using Lean Thinking to Resume Work Safely during the Covid-19 Pandemic

As LEI's webinar on "safe, smart steps for restarting production" approaches this week, here's a handful of articles about companies that are tackling the tough…

by Lean Leaper

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Community Communication

Lean thinking and practice is all about tackling problems – little ones, big ones, wicked ones, sticky ones, concrete ones, fuzzy ones. We tackle problems…

by John Shook

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Bringing Respect for People to the World's Sweatshops

Jim Womack weighs in on how we might use lean thinking and practice to tackle the ongoing, systemic problem of sweatshop labor.

by James (Jim) Womack, PhD

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How to Create a Lean Management Book Club that Executives Will Actually Attend

At the start of a lean transformation, a continuous improvement leader convinced her division president that a book club would be a good way to…

by Chet Marchwinski

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Tee Up Your Continuous Improvement

Despite achieving success across all key metrics early on in their lean journey, ProMed Molded Products still experienced a lack of unity within their organization.…

Press Release

Lean Lessons Began in First Grade, According to New Book from the Lean Enterprise Institute

Lean management practitioners will want to add an L for “lean” to the three Rs after reading Everything I Know about Lean I Learned in…

Press Release

Lean Manufacturing Novel "The Gold Mine" Is Now an Audio Book

In a compelling and instructive story, The Gold Mine addresses what might be the most important lean discipline—the human challenge of creating and sustaining the…

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The Digital Storm and the End of Old You with CI&T

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Second Healthcare Network Created to Spread Lean Principles

The Lean Enterprise Institute and the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value have formed the second Healthcare Value Leaders Network, building on the initial Network that…

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Heijunka

Heijunka is leveling the type and quantity of production over a fixed period of time. This enables production to efficiently meet customer demands while avoiding…

Podcast

Avoiding Lean 'Flatlining': A Podcast with Mark Deluzio, Art Byrne, and Jim Womack

Mark Deluzio, lean consultant, practitioner, and author of Flatlined, discusses enduring challenges with Art Byrne and Jim Womack on this WLEI podcast.

by Lean Leaper

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Press Release

Finding Practical Continuous Improvement Information Is Easier and Faster on the New Lean Enterprise Institute Website

Improved navigation and functionality at the new lean.org, which launched September 21, 2021, make it easier and faster for businesses to find comprehensive content about continuous improvement.  Lean Enterprise Institute, Inc., a global…

Podcast

Lean & ACOs at ThedaCare with Dr. Dean Gruner

Dean Gruner, M.D., president and CEO of ThedaCare, tells the LeanBlog podcaster Mark Graban how the Wisconsin healthcare system is using Accountable Care Organizations with…

by Mark Graban

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Lean Beyond Production

Read how Lean Thinkers, using the same lean tools that worked in production, now are making improvements and benefits off the plant floor, in environments…

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Lean Healthcare Lessons and Preparing for Change

Develop capabilities by asking the right questions

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Product Development Is Where to Cut Carbon Emissions; Here's How

Consumers want products updated more frequently, which is great for consumers and business but not so great for the environment because a third of man-made…

by Katrina Appell, PhD

Video

The Art of Lean: Must-Knows for Coaching the Corrective-Action Phase of Problem-Solving, Part 1

Art Smalley, president of Art of Lean, Inc., shares a problem-solving coaching tip that he developed and likes to use with his clients. Learn how…

by Art Smalley

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As Toast Kaizen Turns 20, Bruce Hamilton Shares How This Famous Video Came About

Watch this "director's cut" video by Bruce Hamilton sharing the backstory behind what has become a classic lean resource: Toast Kaizen.