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Shouting

Power to the people

Yeo Valley Family Farms show how it's one thing for staff to have a voice, but another thing for that voice to be heard.

It is one thing for a workforce to have a voice.

Dr. Michel Tetreault

Better care starts at the top

Dr Michel Tétreault, from St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, Canada explains how implementing lean from the top down boosted patient care.

In late 2007, St.

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Typhoon’s two-week drumbeat

A fighter jet in two weeks? Surely not. Will Stirling reports on BAE Systems' amazing turnaround time and final assembly of the Eurofighter Typhoon.

Manufacturing is often all about the drumbeat.

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On blaming people vs the system

Jacob Austad reflects on Bill Bellows’ article from September's LMJ, reiterating the fact a more holistic management view must be practised to tackle singular problems.

I admit it, I need to be challenged.

Tim Brown

Lean Media; The SayOne Media continuous improvement diary

Following on from last month’s report on the LMJ team’s attendance of the OEE Lean Practitioner course, Tim Brown reports on how the techniques learned

It is well known that over the last decade, traditional media companies have struggled to make their financial models as innovative as the products that they offer.

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Lean goes back to school

Stephen Yorkstone, Senior Consultant at Edinburgh Napier University, discusses the implementation of lean in universities.

In 2006, applying lean in UK universities began in earnest.

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Making the grade

Lori Schmidt, CEO of Productivity Alberta, sheds some light on how her company developed its productive assessment tool and its different uses.
No shortage of productivity assessments

There are numerous productivity assessment tools in use across North America, however there is no generally accepted standard and each tool tends to be biased by its developer towards a particular use or desired outcome.

Lean certifications

Lean certifications; are they worth it?

Simon Elias gives four reasons why lean certification can put managers and employees ahead of their peers.

The rush to apply lean thinking in almost every business sector during the past two decades has led to a significant growth in the number of training programmes.