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To Successfully Apply Lean Thinking in Distribution, Go to Where the Action Is!
Two years after its first kaizen workshop, Plumbers Supply Company has made significant progress toward a lean business conversion. Starting…
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Understanding the Many Facets of ‘the A3’
A review of the many ways lean practitioners refer to this core lean practice reveals its versatility — and why…
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How Lean Practitioners ‘See the Work’ — and Why It Matters
In under three minutes, LEI's Instructional Designer Masia Goodman demonstrates how lean practitioners "see the work" so they can improve…
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Ask Art: How Do You Motivate Managers to Adopt Lean?
Leading an enterprise-wide lean transformation requires everyone at every level to adopt new approaches to their work. Here are some…
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A Philanthropic ‘Lean Internship’ Experiment Yields Unexpected Question About Purpose
To understand what could work in a hands-on, gemba-based lean learning experience, the LEI's JPW Fund did what lean practitioners…
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Unique Philanthropy Does Well by Doing Good
An internship program enables students to attain real-world lean management experience while helping community service organizations reach more people.
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Building in Learning and Knowledge Reuse
LEI's lean product and process development coaches share the third of several guiding principles that will help you improve the…
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Making the World Better by Advancing Lean Thinking and Practice
When establishing a scholarship and philanthropy fund, the Lean Enterprise Institute practices what it preaches.
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What’s the Problem?: Andrew Lingel Discusses Transforming a Family Business through Knowledge, Grit, and Outrage
In this What's the Problem? podcast with Matt Savas, President Andrew Lingel of United Plastic Fabricating shares how he helped…
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Ask Art: How Useful is Six Sigma and the Black Belts and Green Belts that Come with It?
Several specific examples demonstrate why lean continuous improvement practices are usually superior to six sigma for solving problems.
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Building a Learning Organization: How Kata Empowers Team Members to Achieve Organizational Goals
This brief enhanced presentation explains how Improvement and Coaching Kata helps organizations foster a culture of continuous improvement through scientific…
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