Maria Teresa Mechi, a Senior Executive in the healthcare department of Tuscany’s regional government, shares with LMJ the interesting initiative the region is conducting to encourage Tuscan hospitals to become leaner.

Takashi Tanaka is a Senior Business Consultant, ENOVIA, at Dassault Systèmes K.K.

Coşkunöz, a Turkish automotive supplier specialised in metal forming, has found that a thriving front line leadership is the real essence of its lean journey.

John Bicheno reviews Rob Westrick and Chris Cooper’s Winning By Design.

Opening his four-day seminars, Dr.

Rather than relying on an external provider, many companies decide to develop an internal teaching institution to ensure their employees receive the appropriate training.

Joseph F Paris Jr, Chairman of XONITEK Group of Companies, offers a round-up of the different types of training and education available to prospective and experienced lean practitioners.

In early 2011, a team from Erasmus Medical Center, in The Netherlands, toured the AkzoNobel manufacturing facility in Sassenheim.

SMEs are particularly well-suited to reap the rewards of lean because of the constraint of having access to limited resources to begin with.