Opening his four-day seminars, Dr.

Rather than relying on an external provider, many companies decide to develop an internal teaching institution to ensure their employees receive the appropriate training.

Joseph F Paris Jr, Chairman of XONITEK Group of Companies, offers a round-up of the different types of training and education available to prospective and experienced lean practitioners.

In early 2011, a team from Erasmus Medical Center, in The Netherlands, toured the AkzoNobel manufacturing facility in Sassenheim.

SMEs are particularly well-suited to reap the rewards of lean because of the constraint of having access to limited resources to begin with.

Spain is leaning out, as companies in all sectors and of all sizes start to recognise the value of lean as a revolutionary management model, says Luis Cuatrecasas, President of the Barcelona-based Instituto Lean Management.

SCGM is reaping the benefits of lean, and one facet of this is an increased level of customer satisfaction.

Kishamer Sidhu, Director of Finance at North West London Hospital NHS Trust, explains how the Trust managed to dramatically reduce the overtime sessions spend while improving patient experience.