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A Great Time for Lean Thinking
I’ve just been reading the financial news and realizing that this is a great time to be a lean thinker.…
Read article LEI Expands Global Network
When I founded the Lean Enterprise Institute in Boston in 1997, I wanted to create a global network of non-profit…
Read article LEI’s indicator that can’t lie: Doing the math
Jim elaborates on the idea of using inventory turns as a measure of lean transformation
Read article Getting Back to Basics
I recently had a request from a Detroit newspaper to write a brief piece for the Motor Show on how…
Read article LEI’s new tool for seeing the big picture
We introduce the latest LEI workbook, Seeing the Whole, which provides a simple tool for mapping the extended value stream…
Read article Inventory Turns Charts
How can you tell if your firm is really getting lean — count the future state maps on the walls,…
Read article LEI’s New Indicator That Can’t Lie
I’m often asked by operations managers how they can know if their firm is really getting lean. My answer is…
Read article An LEI New Year’s Resolution: No Wallpaper!
I've resolved that in 2002 no one in the lean community will turn their value stream maps into corporate wallpaper…
Read article Shopping for a Sensei
We at LEI have been getting a lot of requests recently to help companies find lean expertise for harder times.…
Read article 10 Lean Steps for Surviving the Recession
Jim provides an action play for lean thinkers to think leaner to get through the recession and secure a strong…
Read article The Human Side of Hard Times
Harder times call for leaner thinking and presented an action plan, but what about the human side? Lean thinking requires…
Read article Action Plan for Hard Times
Last week I pointed out that the big leaps in applying lean thinking have all been made in hard times.…
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