Lean Companies

Towards lean service at Tokheim Italia

Case studiesFeb 4, 2015

CASE STUDY - The Italian branch of Tokheim services about 3,000 gas stations in the central and northern parts of Italy. The general manager shares the story of how lean thinking changed everything, for the better.

The application of lean IT at Toyota Motor Europe

InterviewsDec 3, 2014

Pierre Masai

VIDEO INTERVIEW - We spoke with Toyota Motor Europe's CIO at the Lean IT Summit about hoshin and IT, the application of the agile methodology, and the power of coaching.

Bringing lean change to the Garraf hospital

ColumnsAug 12, 2014

Josep Lluís Ibáñez Pardos

COLUMN - In the third article of our series, the CEO of a healthcare institution in Catalonia, Spain, discusses the implementation of lean as a mindset that has its foundations in continuous improvement.

How Toyota integrates IT across its European operations

InterviewsJul 22, 2014

Planet Lean

INTERVIEW - Pierre Masai, CIO of Toyota Motor Europe, discusses IT across the company's operations in Europe, highlighting the importance of people engagement and experiments.

A former assistant manager recounts his time at Toyota

FeaturesJul 1, 2014

Mark Reich

FEATURE - The author looks back at his many years with Toyota and shares some of the key lessons he learned along the way. What a unique company!

Still Toyota? What about Volkswagen?

ColumnsJun 5, 2014

Michael Ballé

COLUMN - Michael Ballé on why Toyota still inspires him in a way that no other organization can, and on the lessons lean thinkers can learn from the two most successful carmakers.

How Toyota Material Handling applies principles of lean IT

InterviewsApr 10, 2014

Planet Lean

INTERVIEW - Håkan Borglund, CIO of Toyota Material Handling Europe, speaks with Planet Lean about Toyota principles and the role of lean IT at Toyota Material Handling.

Surviving the economic crisis working with lean healthcare

Case studiesMar 31, 2014

Cristina Fontcuberta Adalid

CASE STUDY - In the past two years, the Consorci Sanitari del Garraf near Barcelona experienced a lean turnaround. The author gives us an overview of the key building blocks of this transformation.

How to spread lean principles without hindering results

Case studiesMar 4, 2014

Flávio Battaglia

CASE STUDY - What does having a new “true north” mean? Following the merger with a large group, cancer center IOV is looking to seamlessly spread its lean management system to new operations and facilities.

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