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betterneverstops

Better never stops

The London Olympics’ Better never stops motto may very well sound like a good example of branding of a company’s improvement programme, and a good mantra to keep people focused on business goals in a lean environment.

rubrich

Back to basics

Without a strong, consistent plan for cultural change, an organisation is likely to see its improvement programme fail in no time.

car

Get it wrong to get it right

David Howells, Managing Director of Renault- Nissan Consulting, shares an intimate reflection on the challenges of the early stages of Renault’s lean journey, the progress that has been made since the Renault-Nissan Alliance and the value that ‘sharing the experience’ of that journey has brought to various non-automotive clients over the last decade.

compass

When things go south

A lean journey is never easy, and when enthusiasm wanes it can be a struggle to stick to the plan.

Fremont

The model line approach

James Hereford, Katie Anderson and Joy Hereford discuss the rapid adoption of a lean management system at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, a large, physician-led multi-specialty group practice in California.

Paris

It’s a lean world – France

LEAN AU COUER

LMJ crosses the Channel to hear from lean companies in France.

effectiveleadership2

The stereotypes of leadership

Alex Adamopoulos, CEO of emergn, a global consultancy focused on supporting development projects, change management and business transformation projects with a blend of agile and lean principles, shares his opinion on what stereotypical leadership is and why it should be avoided.

LMJ - October 2012

On Toyota going green

Editorial board member Ebly Sanchez, of Volvo Group, shares his thoughts about Keivan Zokaei’s article “Monozukuri: Toyota going green”, appeared in the October issue of LMJ.