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Mark Gregory

Human lean – the key to lean sustainment is an engaging leader

Mark Gregory explains how the secret to lean lies in the employee engagement proposition not in the productivity benefit that a lean tool set provides.

Mark Gregory explains how the secret to lean lies in the employee engagement proposition not in the productivity benefit that a lean tool set provides.

Published: 18 August 2014 12:17pm
by Andrew Putwain
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Sector Focus: Farming – lean production

LMJ goes down country to explore how car industry technology has revolutionised Synlait Farms, the New Zealand dairy consortium is transforming the way it does

LMJ goes down country to explore how car industry technology has revolutionised Synlait Farms, the New Zealand dairy consortium is transforming the way it does business by adapting lean principles to the agricultural sector and has become a world first.

Published: 18 August 2014 12:01pm
by Andrew Putwain
DEMING JAPAN LECTURE

Lesson from Deming: Drive out fear; create trust

This month LMJ discusses the paralysing results for a business that manages with fear.

This month LMJ discusses the paralysing results for a business that manages with fear.

Published: 18 August 2014 11:48am
by Andrew Putwain
Lean construction

Case Study: Less haste, more speed

John Bouthillon, CEO of PO Construction, gives us 10 lean lessons in project management from the construction industry.

John Bouthillon, CEO of PO Construction, gives us 10 lean lessons in project management from the construction industry.

Published: 18 August 2014 11:23am
by Andrew Putwain
Michael Balle

What makes lean a science

Author, speaker and associate researcher at Telecom ParisTech Michael Ballé shares his collaboration with Jacques Chaize, Patrick Decoster, and Ariane Bouzette that discusses lean as

Author, speaker and associate researcher at Telecom ParisTech Michael Ballé shares his collaboration with Jacques Chaize, Patrick Decoster, and Ariane Bouzette that discusses lean as a science.

Published: 18 August 2014 11:12am
by Andrew Putwain
Mike Rother

Science of lean

Jeffrey Liker and Mike Rother explore how practical scientific thinking can improve results in lean.

Jeffrey Liker, professor of industrial and operations engineering at the University of Michigan and author of The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World’s Greatest Manufacturer as well as nine other books and Mike Rother, engineer and management and leadership speaker, explore how practical scientific thinking can improve results in lean.

Published: 18 August 2014 10:47am
by Andrew Putwain
Jon Miller

Lean as folk medicine

Jon Miller, partner at the Kaizen Institute and founder of the Gemba Academy, argues that lean needs to develop itself as a scientific method

Jon Miller, partner at the Kaizen Institute and founder of the Gemba Academy, argues that lean needs to develop itself as a scientific method in order to improve both its reputation and its own ability to function as efficiently as it can.

Published: 18 August 2014 10:28am
by Andrew Putwain
Dan Jones

Leannovation

Professor Daniel Jones, founding chairman of the Lean Enterprise Academy, entrepreneur Jean-Claude Bihr, and author and speaker Michael Ballé collaborate to discuss the plan-do-check-act

Professor Daniel Jones, founding chairman of the Lean Enterprise Academy, entrepreneur Jean-Claude Bihr, and author and speaker Michael Ballé collaborate to discuss the plan-do-check-act from a scientific angle and the importance of blending theory and investing in test methods to produce new kinds of lean innovation.

Published: 18 August 2014 10:07am
by Andrew Putwain