Applying Lean Principles to Thrive in Uncertain Times
Lean tools and practices are becoming recognized by companies and institutions as an answer to everything from high costs to poor customer satisfaction.
Yet, despite all of this attention, results are inconsistent, particularly in complex operations. Why? Perhaps because many lean programs do not create the greater responsiveness to uncertainty and change they need—a core reason lean practices were first developed. Moreover, failure to generate broad-based gains and sustain progress when conditions shift can undermine the confidence of people across the workforce, creating a critical challenge to leading these efforts.
What can organizations do? The first step, it seems, is to better understand this challenge.
The Going Lean Blog offers an interactive resource for helping managers and their workforces gain the insights they need to develop strategies for setting forth on a winning path for long term, sustainable success. Its posts and reader comments explore “lean dynamics”—a new way of thinking about lean based on such benchmarks as Southwest Airlines, Wal-Mart, Toyota, and others whose lessons point to a way of promoting innovation and sustaining profits in uncertain and rapidly changing conditions. It is intended to shed light on implementing lean methods within complex businesses, ranging from manufacturing, to retail, healthcare and even education.
Lean Dynamics Research, LLC is a research, educational, and management advisory firm assisting companies and institutions in applying the principles of lean dynamics, outlined in the book Going Lean: How the Best Companies Apply Lean Manufacturing Principles to Shatter Uncertainty, Drive Innovation, and Maximize Profits
by Shingo Prize winning author, Stephen A. Ruffa. Other resources include presentations, training, and consulting services, as well as the upcoming book, The Going Lean Fieldbook: A Practical Guide to Lean Transformation and Sustainable Success
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