My old mentor once told me that you can have people do everything if you treat them well and explain why something needs to be done.

Daryl Powell from Trondheim’s Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Pauline Found from Cardiff Business School discuss how ERP can support the respect for people principle. 

Cimlogic works with a variety of UK and Ireland manufacturers, integrating MES software solution TrakSYS as a platform to drive continuous improvement and lean manufacturing strategies.

Kelly J Sullivan, Senior Project Manager at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, discusses how often we forget the contribution lean gives to improving people’s lives and looks back at a challenging and rewarding implementation he took part in at Chippewa River Industries. 

What sets Toyota apart and makes it the model all lean practitioners look up to is its unwavering focus on people development, says Tony Dyer, Training Academy Manager at Toyota Material Handling UK, which manufactures and services forklift trucks.

Is it the system or is it the people?

Claire O’Brien, Marketing Executive at Ireland-based e-book distribution service ePubDirect, introduces this feature on the application of lean thinking in the publishing industry.

Before you can start using lean thinking to change your organisation, its principles must be studied and learned.

This new column analyses the contribution that technology can give to a lean implementation.