The conference was superb and highlighted just how far lean healthcare has progressed over the past two years.
Peter Marsh is the former manufacturing editor of The Financial Times and is in a unique position to have written this overview of world manufacturing – how it has developed and where it is going.
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Lean moves through sectors in waves.
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By Paul Hardiman
In 2014 the global aerospace manufacturing market is expected to maintain the overall 5% growth rate that has been seen in 2012 and 2013.
By Joseph Paris
We have often heard lean described as a “journey, not a destination” – meaning the pursuit of an optimal business condition is what is important and an ideal state is never to be realised.
It’s not what you think.
THE PROBLEMATIC CONCEPT OF SUSTAINING THE GAINS
The most common problem observed in companies adopting lean practices is focused projects led by lean experts that produce stunning results on paper, however, within three to six months self-destruct.
By Paul Hardiman
One of the most common errors in lean implementation is for the organisation to “close out” the programme with the mistaken belief that lean has been achieved.