John Bicheno reviews Art Byrne’s The Lean Turnaround, McGraw Hill, 2013

Superb.

Editorial board member Keivan Zokaei introduces this issue of LMJ, which analyses the relationship between lean thinking and environmental strategies.

Barry Evans, Robert Mason and Vasco Sanchez Rodrigues of Cardiff Business School and Michael Bernon of Cranfield University share an interesting analysis of British retail giant Tesco’s green credentials and strategy.

Keivan Zokaei, Visiting Professor at the University of Buckingham, in England, and Senior Consultant at SA PArtners, discusses Toyota’s green strategy, and explains why for the car-maker going green is more about complying with its core values than about environmental legislation.

MITIE is a British asset management and outsourcing company that operates predominantely in the UK but also has international operations, mainly in Europe.

In part two of his article, Richard Schonberger gives LMJ readers an account of the history of lean.

Identifying the best solution to a problem or the best way forward when several ideas are on the table can be time-consuming and, in itself, wasteful.

A new MSc in Lean Enterprise is going to launch at the University of Buckingham, in the United Kingdom, in January 2013.

LEANING AND BOOMING

The growth of the Brazilian economy is on everybody’s lips, and there is no doubt the success of many Brazilian companies is related to the adoption of lean principles.