After spending two decades leading lean programmes in a variety of global organisations, I’ve learned there is no magic formula for success.

Over the last two years, a department of London Underground (LU) has delivered over £10m of repeatable savings and liberated over 50,000 working hours.

Roberto Priolo visits Yeo Valley and discusses the yogurt manufacturer’s approach to standards and strategic planning with Steve Welch, Group CI and Yogurt Manufacturing Manager, and Chris Coles, Continuous Improvement Manager.

How did a Texan city manage to become a lean municipality?

After the economic crisis in 2001, Turkish companies have learned how to keep their costs down in order to compete globally.

In the first of a series of case studies from the healthcare sector, David Loughton CBE, Chief Executive at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust in England, guides LMJ through three lean projects at the hospital, which collectively saved nearly £2.4 million.

Root-cause of organisational and economic performance is found in the physical, emotional and social conditions created by leaders’ attitudes and beliefs, says business development practitioner David Bovis.

Roberto Priolo speaks with Professor Christopher Smith, Director of the British School at Rome, about his experience with implementing lean in a small research institution.

When most people think of lean, companies like Toyota, Ford or Boeing spring to mind.