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Transforming quickly, but mindfully

Case studiesSep 6, 2022

Mauricio Rodríguez with Héctor Rincón Ortiz

CASE STUDY – Starting in January this year, the Mexican plant of this manufacturer of lighting and electrical solutions has initiated a lean transformation that has already led to impressive results in terms of productivity.

What is Yokoten?

FeaturesAug 30, 2022

Roberto Priolo

ROUNDUP – Knowledge sharing is a powerful enabler of lean change. In this roundup, our editor discusses the benefits of yokoten and shares a few examples.

Boosting the lean-agile maturity of our teams

FeaturesAug 23, 2022

Cristiano Burg and the LIB team

FEATURE – BRQ Digital Solutions shows that effective customer-focused improvement must happen from the inside out, with team development aligned with the pillars of lean digital transformation.

4 leadership considerations for better process development

FeaturesAug 19, 2022

Matt Zayko and Eric Ethington

SERIES – The authors discuss the final elements in their 6CON process development model – CONtinuously Improve – making and sustaining consistent improvements over time that will produce even higher levels of performance.

Recreating that “coffee break magic”

Case studiesAug 2, 2022

Federico Dipuma

CASE STUDY – This digital organization has embarked on a cultural transformation that is allowing them to become more agile while keeping people and stimulating interactions at the heart of their work.

Enabling improvement across our healthcare system

Case studiesJul 29, 2022

The CatSalut team

CASE STUDY – How do you give hundreds of primary care units the tools and knowledge they need to make improvements? The Catalan Health Service found the solution in hoshin kanri.

A leaner housekeeping

FeaturesJul 26, 2022

César Sancho

CASE STUDY – Hotels of the Palladium Group are implementing Lean Thinking in their housekeeping departments to improve efficiency and service quality.

Process development – Putting the C in PDCA

FeaturesJul 22, 2022

Matt Zayko and Eric Ethington

SERIES – The authors discuss the fifth of six elements in their 6CON process development model – CONfirm – leveraging a robust launch readiness approach to finalize the process while ensuring it meets the targets set in the business plan.

An enterprise-wide cultural transformation

Case studiesJul 15, 2022

Miguel Pastor Furelos

CASE STUDY – A Chilean company selling and servicing vehicles and equipment for a variety of industries has made of humility the leading trait of its cultural transformation, with great results.

TWI and the reorganization of our work

FeaturesJul 12, 2022

Tineke Moerman and Melissa Masson

FEATURE – To facilitate the transition to a new organization of the work in their department, a group of nurses at Erasmus Medical Center have been using Training Within Industry.

What is the lean in lean?

FeaturesJul 8, 2022

Michael Ballé & Dan Jones

FEATURE – The only way for lean to succeed is to change a leader’s behavior so the rest of the organization will change too and people get the support they need to become problem solvers.

Building our lean legacy

Case studiesJul 5, 2022

Daniela Bertin Figueroa and María Paz Mosqueira

CASE STUDY – We hear from a construction company in Chile that embarked on a lean journey in 2018 to transform its culture and improve the work on its many sites.

Local experience for a global endeavor

FeaturesJun 28, 2022

Inge Otten

FEATURE – A former ops manager now tasked for improvement across IKEA looks back at what she learned in one of the company’s stores and explains how she hopes to take lean to the whole group.

Leading the change

InterviewsJun 24, 2022

Kjeld Aij

FEATURE – Our editor recently caught up with the director of the largest hospital in the Netherlands and asked him about the lean transformation he’s leading there.

An eye for improvement

InterviewsJun 21, 2022

Balázs Sebestyén

INTERVIEW – At last month’s International Lean Summit in Hungary, our editor sat down with the manager of a CooperVision site that is gradually converting its operations to make them leaner.

Moving from learning to executing

FeaturesJun 17, 2022

Matt Zayko and Eric Ethington

SERIES – The authors discuss the fourth of six elements in their 6CON process development model – CONfigure – refining the selected process concept to maximize value-added activities.

Whittle by whittle

Case studiesJun 3, 2022

Jelle Poldervaart with Sanne Carabain

CASE STUDY – This Dutch SME is transforming its picking operation – partly with the introduction of a U-shaped design – to increase the number of orders it can fulfil every day.

Yokoten and a logistics improvement in healthcare

Lean HealthcareMay 27, 2022

IOV and a city's logistics team

FEATURE – In this article, we hear about how the lean successes of one hospital inspired an entire healthcare authority to introduce changes to their processes.

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Focus

Transforming quickly, but mindfully

What is Yokoten?

Boosting the lean-agile maturity of our teams

4 leadership considerations for better process development

Recreating that “coffee break magic”

Enabling improvement across our healthcare system

A leaner housekeeping

Process development – Putting the C in PDCA

An enterprise-wide cultural transformation

TWI and the reorganization of our work

What is the lean in lean?

Building our lean legacy

Local experience for a global endeavor

Leading the change

An eye for improvement

Moving from learning to executing

Whittle by whittle

Yokoten and a logistics improvement in healthcare