lean News

ACTLean is proud to introduce the Lean 101 Never Ending Card Manufacturing Simulation Game to clarify and visualize the effect of Lean Principle

The Association for Manufacturing Excellence will run a series of Lean IT workshops in Australia and New Zealand this month; ‘The Path to Lean IT’ workshops offer new insights into how companies can develop people, improve processes and automate.

Best practices for labeling in the shop, office, plant, lab, classroom and home.

VersionOne to Host Agile Conference for Regional Software Community

CRC Press / Productivity Press is pleased to announce that Raymond C. Floyd has been honored with the prestigious Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence, Research, and Professional Publication Award.

Waterloo, ON – 3PL LeanCor and the Laurier Executive Development Centre have partnered to offer a three-day certificate course November 7-9. The Lean Supply Chain Practitioner course will teach how to apply lean principles to the supply chain.

The Toyota Kaizen Continuum: A Practical Guide to Implementing Lean presents authoritative insight on how to use the TPS to drive operational value and improvement across all segments of an organization.

VersionOne is conducting its sixth annual State of Agile Development survey

“Made Lean in America” conference to educate, inspire & motivate attendees to keep America competitive

The Association for Manufacturing Excellence will run a series of Lean IT workshops in Australia and New Zealand during September; the workshops will offer new insights into how companies can develop people, improve processes and automate.

Practical Lean Accounting: A Proven System for Measuring and Managing the Lean Enterprise, Second Edition explains exactly what it takes to transform a traditional accounting system to one that supports and enhances a company’s Lean efforts.

 Lean Medical Practice – Don’t get left behind • Presented by Absolute Engineering & Consulting  Business Plans and GPS for the Small Midsize Business  Presented by Franklin CIO Services

Lean Management Principles for Information Technology provides the tools and understanding to make better decisions, increase efficiencies, and make IT a major force in delivering sustainable improvements to your supply chain.

The Lean Supply Chain Professional Certificate Program from the Georgia Tech Supply Chain & Logistics Institute (SCL) has expanded its offerings to the countries of Panama and Mexico.

The award-winning book 'Lean Hospitals' by Mark Graban has been selected as part of the recommended reading for the Lean Certification Program.

With an established Lean Certification Standard, companies can make Lean activities an integral part of the organization. Professionals attain industry recognized abilities that make them stand out in the crowd.

Standard Work for Lean Healthcare explains how to apply this powerful Lean tool to increase patient safety and reduce the cost of providing healthcare services.

Discussion to focus on how leading manufacturers are taking a global approach to product traceability, driving Lean, Six Sigma and other continuous process improvement

New Position Expands Agilex’ Commitment to Customer Service Excellence

Enabling Leaders to understand the Lean Six Sigma Process

As global commodity prices soar and firms in every industry face increasing margin pressure, the importance of efficiency and cost savings has arguably never been more relevant than it is in 2011, as the recovery begins.

KaiNexus, a web-based software company that makes improvement easier for healthcare organizations, announced today the addition of Steve Good to their senior technical team, joining the company as Principal Architect.

Combining research, literature review experimentation, and decades of consulting experience, Green IT Strategies and Applications: Using Environmental Intelligence is your complete reference for undertaking a successful Green IT transformation.

Lean Sustainability: Creating Safe, Enduring, and Profitable Operations provides a proven recipe for achieving safety and sustainability excellence.

The Future of Lean Sigma Thinking in a Changing Business Environment provides the tools to not only survive, but prosper through the current business environment.

Improving Business Process Performance: Gain Agility, Create Value, and Achieve Success surveys and integrates the quantitative improvement approaches quickly gaining momentum to show you exactly where you should begin.

Lean Learning Solutions Inc. launches its newest product -- Lean Leadership Brain Boosters -- visually engaging learning aids for leaders of Lean organizations. These cards put leadership fundamentals at your fingertips.

University of North Carolina Health Care System Moves Forward with KaiNexus' Web-based Software that "Makes Improvement Easier" in Healthcare

As a result of continued significant growth, LeanCor Supply Chain Group has expanded its headquarters in Florence, Kentucky.

IMC is directly responsible for the creation or retention of 476 Central Pennsylvania manufacturing jobs in 2010. Those projects also enabled clients to realize over $44 million in new or retained sales and almost $9 million in cost savings.

Mark Graban, author of the book "Lean Hospitals," has joined KaiNexus as Chief Improvement Officer, supporting their mission of "making improvement easier" for healthcare organizations.

A one day event organized at Pune in Oct-11 to focus on Lean and Six-Sigma awareness in the region and current maturity levels of various implementations in this aspect. Convention theme is Indian Model of Lean and Six-Sigma.

Larry Cohn Managing Director of Streamline Systems Talks Differentiation for AS411.com

Pex nework announces rebranded process excellence week for january 2012

VersionOne Hosts Leading Agile Experts at AgilePalooza Philadelphia

Rick Arthur, Senior Vice-President and Chief Information Officer at the Brickman Group, joins Ron Ambuter, Senior Vice President, Corporate Business Process Incubator, reporting on behalf of PEX Network, to discuss business improvement in IT

As global commodity prices soar and firms in every industry face increasing margin pressure, the importance of efficiency and cost savings has arguably never been more relevant than it is in 2011, as the recovery begins.

Sustaining Lean in Healthcare: Developing and Engaging Physician Leadership explains how to ensure ongoing physician participation long after the consultant leaves. The book explains how to achieve high levels of quality and clinical care outcomes.

Third Party Logistics Provider (3PL) LeanCor and the Laurier Executive Development Centre have partnered to offer a three-day certificate course June 21-23 that teaches how to apply lean principles to the supply chain.

Activant Solutions Inc. invites wholesale distribution industry executives who want to strengthen their businesses to attend a free Activant Thought Leader Webinar or a free Activant Trends in Distribution session.

An independent study recently concluded that client projects performed by NEPIRC were responsible for the creation or retention of 1,645 NE PA jobs in 2010. Those projects also led to over $182 million in new or retained sales.

ACTLean and Schuh & Co. will offer a 5-day Lean Implementation Leader Training Workshop in Atlanta, GA on July 18th – 22nd, 2011.

AgilePalooza, a community event presented by VersionOne, will be held in Santa Clara, CA, on May 20

In a unique and integrated approach, The Definitive Guide to Emergency Department Operational Improvement exposes you to the academics behind managing the complex service environment that is the ED.

As global commodity prices soar and firms in every industry face increasing margin pressure, the importance of efficiency and cost savings has arguably never been more relevant than it is in 2011

For an organisation to fully embrace a lean programme into its overall business culture of efficient operations and continuous improvement, companies must ensure that all departments are pulling in one direction.

QC Software discusses how cross docking optimizes distribution resources and reduces operating costs. By moving product from receiving to shipping, you eliminate storage and picking, lower your cost per order, and minimize out-of-stock conditions.

ACTLean will offer a 2-day workshop discussing Lean Innovation Topics in Atlanta, GA on June 2nd & 3rd, 2011. The workshop will focus on methods to create more customer value with fewer resources in product development.

The North West based Manufacturing Institute is to help stimulate and transform local businesses and organisations’ operational excellence through its internationally accredited Shingo workshops over the coming months.

Training from the Lean Enterprise Institute will help executives and managers launch and sustain lean transformations in a variety of business environments.