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New Book, On the Mend, Prescribes Lean Healthcare to Cure U.S. Healthcare Delivery Waste and Errors

On the Mend tells the true story of how ThedaCare, a Wisconsin health system, implemented lean healthcare, a revolutionary new system for delivering more patient…

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Lean Management Books from the Lean Enterprise Institute Win Two Shingo Research Awards

Follow the Learner and The Lean Manager, which explain the implementation of lean leadership and lean management principles, have won the prestigious award administered by…

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11 Lean Management Workshops for Texas Announced by the Lean Enterprise Institute

A curriculum of lean workshops set for Dallas, TX, will help manufacturing and service companies accelerate their lean transformations.

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Lean Healthcare Leaders Convene for Third Annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit

The conference, co-sponsored by the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value and the Lean Enterprise Institute, is set for June 6-7, 2012, in Minneapolis, MN.

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Continuous Improvement Key Is the Subject of a Free Webinar by the Lean Enterprise Institute

The webinar with researcher and author Mike Rother is set for June 28, 2012, at 2 p.m. (Eastern).

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Registration for the 5th Annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit is Open

Registration is open for the fifth Annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit in Los Angeles on June 4-5, 2014. The Summit will focus on the components…

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Lean Leadership Skills Addressed at Lean Management Workshops in Seattle

The 11 training sessions from the nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute also cover problem solving, value-stream mapping, strategy deployment, and basic lean concepts.

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Profit and Cost At Toyota

Fresh off a tour of Japan where she observed how Toyota talks about costs and profit on the shop floor, LEI Chairperson Jean Cunningham shares…

by Jean Cunningham

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Follow-up Webinar Q&A with Jim Lancaster, Lantech CEO and author of the Work of Management

"The Real Work of Management" webinar drew an engaged audience that wanted to know more about the daily management system that CEO Jim Lancaster installed…

by Jim Lancaster

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Emerging Stronger

Learn how GE Appliances and Herman Miller leverage lean practice to design new standardized work for assembly to ensure a safe working environment for employees.

by John Shook

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Toyota Trouble: A Dialogue with Jeff Liker (AKA the Coffee Shop Talks)

With the appearance of Toyota's various quality and recall problems, Jeff Liker and I have been meeting in coffee shops in Ann Arbor to discuss…

by John Shook

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A 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 successfully lead with lean thinking…

by John Shook

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Fulfillment-Stream Measurement Systems: Driving Action in Real Time

Derek Browning, a lean supply chain executive at LeanCor, takes time out from a lean logistics conference to answer questions about supply chain measurement problems.

by Tonya Vinas

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What Are the Different Types of A3s?

What are the different types of A3s and what are they used for?

by Tracey Richardson

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Ask Art: What Lean Books Should I Start With?

Art Byrne shares with us his book recommendations to newcomers on insights into the philosophy and general approach behind lean.

by Art Byrne

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Can Lean Succeed in a Strong Labor Environment?

Lean is all about people, says Art Byrne, regarding the question of making lean succeed in a union environment. He argues that if you treat…

by Art Byrne

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Be More Innovative with These Resources and Ideas for Exploiting World-Shaping Trends

Great products and services begin with great ideas and great ideas are informed by the big trends that are shaping the world. But how do…

by Chet Marchwinski and Andi Plantenberg

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Kaizen Means You Care

"Lean leaders, and lean consultants (like me), often talk about the organizational benefits of kaizen: lower costs, bigger profits, shorter lead times, higher quality, etc.,"…

by Dan Markovitz

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One COO's View on Learning, Leading, and Teaching

Dominic Paccapaniccia, COO of a regional healthcare center, reflects on why he and his organization chose to begin using a lean management system and shares…

by Dominic Paccapaniccia

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Gross Domestic Product Verses Gross Domestic Waste

I’ve always been fascinated by how humans count, especially the way we always seem to count the wrong things. Recently I was looking at the…

by James (Jim) Womack, PhD