The Toyota issue
Within the lean world there are some huge movers and shakers.
Within the lean world there are some huge movers and shakers.
LMJ Editorial Director, Jon Tudor recently had the fortune of sitting down with some of lean’s biggest names at the AME Toronto conference.
Eric Ries is an entrepreneur and the author of the New York Times bestseller The Lean Startup: How today’s entrepreneurs use continuous innovation to create radically successful Business.
Editorial board member Sarah Lethbridge reflects on last month’s article from Yeo Valley’s Steven Welch and Christopher Coles about rewarding a workforce by giving them a voice which is heard.
While lean methodology has been used in many hospitals’ sterile processing departments, these areas remain largely untapped for advanced lean implementations.
2013 has been a huge year for companies and organisations going lean.
The right management approach will always differ between companies.
Lean practitioners around the world will attest to the fact that if lean is to be implemented in an organisation, it must be spread across the entire company – nothing left out.
When something isn’t working as it should in a lean organisation, management will often organise a Kaizen event to find a way of getting the issue back on track and improving.