CEO Sandra Cadjenovic shares SCGM’s lean progress, a year after the Serbian manufacturer embarked on its journey.
At an AME Conference about 10 years ago the management guru Tom Peters began by saying something along the lines of ‘I hear that you guys are all about waste reduction.
Automated guided vehicles deliver parts to a U-shaped production cell with heijunka boards, angled parts delivery and a traffic light system to show which part needs picking when.
LMJ speaks with Marie-Pia Ignace, President of the Institut Lean France, about lean IT and learns about the upcoming Lean IT Summit in Paris.
Joseph Paris reviews Jim Bowie’s Lean Acres, Quality Press
The biggest challenge faced by continuous improvement initiatives, and the reason they consistently fail to realise their potential, is that the understanding of what it’s all about and what is expected never reaches the extremes of an organisation, namely leadership and the shop floor.
Global frozen meals manufacturer Findus Group has reduced the operating costs of one of its processing plants by £1.1m.
Management consultancy Suiko was crowned the winner of the IC Consultancy Practice of the Year at the CMI Management and Leadership Awards ceremony in central London last week.
In the second article, Adrien, a planning case manager, talks us through his experience of building on his lean training and the success of the first Rapid Improvement Events (RIEs) in his council to improve the end to end processes within the Planning department.
How positive energy helps to create a lasting lean culture
Dr Jaap van Ede is a Dutch journalist specialised in lean and continuous improvement.
