Jun 6, 2022
Yokoten and a Logistics Improvement in Healthcare
FEATURE – In this article, we hear about how the lean successes of one hospital inspired an entire…
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Yes, You Can Teach Lean in Engineering Schools
NOTES FROM THE GEMBA – The author visits a private engineering school to learn about their approach to…
READ MOREMay 18, 2022
8 Key Lessons from Toyota
ROUND-UP – Our editor looks back at the most insightful articles Planet Lean has published on the most…
READ MOREMay 11, 2022
Lean Transformations: Failure and Misconceptions
FEATURE – Drawing inspiration from his research into the causes of failure of transformations, the author discusses how…
READ MOREMay 6, 2022
Lean Learning, Reinvented
INTERVIEW – From hospitals to start-ups, lean principles have been applied far beyond their origins at Toyota. This…
READ MOREApr 27, 2022
How Hoshin is Giving Us a Common Purpose
CASE STUDY – This 104-year-old Chilean provider of integral solutions for the mining industry has turned to hoshin…
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Lean and the Digitization of Benin’s Public Administration
INTERVIEW – In today’s Q&A, we learn how Lean Thinking is supporting the digital transformation of the public…
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The Theory of Lean Transformation
FEATURE – In this compelling theoretical piece, the author reminds us how in a lean organization relations are…
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Operation Honeybee
FEATURE – To consistently identify new and better ways of doing things can breathe new life into a…
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Deploying Strategic Metrics in Operations
FEATURE – Using the example of a chain of pizzerias, the author explains why “slicing the elephant” is…
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