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A new production plant, which offers the opportunity to introduce lean work methods into a new work culture in which the inertia of the past will not be a barrier. <p><em>Compare with</em>: Brownfield.</p>
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Lean thinking is redefining agriculture by turning farms into continuous learning systems, boosting productivity, reducing waste and empowering people through daily problem solving.
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Building a learning hospital
NOTES FROM THE GEMBA – At GHU Paris (Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire Paris), leadership combines strategy with gemba visits, problem solving using the 5C method and cross-functional learning to create a resilient, people-centered improvement culture in psychiatric care.
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The digital transformation that has not yet happened
Technology is no longer a differentiator – it is a minimum expectation. The real challenge lies in integrating strategy, culture and management so that digital transformation goes beyond the surface and becomes a real engine of value and continuous reinvention
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Lean at SMC: a “Brazilian recipe” for transforming a company worldwide
How, in just two years and on its own initiative, the Brazilian branch of one of the leading Japanese companies in the global pneumatics market achieved enviable indicators, reshaped structures, mindsets and cultures, and is thereby consolidating and boosting the organization's Brazilian and global relevance among SMC's 84 operations worldwide
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Assess whether your company's culture can stall or advance management
A deeply rooted and widespread organizational culture leads people to adopt specific behaviors within organizations, and that is where the problem—or the solution—may lie
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Processes must incorporate “poka-yoke” to be error-proof
A company-wide culture of seeking out, preventing and minimizing sources of potential errors, keeping them from reaching customers, can reduce greater losses, whether in winning back the consumer or in correcting failures that occur
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Starship explosion: learning from mistakes is essential to innovate
Just as in sophisticated space programs, companies can also benefit from a culture of successive experiments and learning accumulated through successes and failures
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Breaking the silence
By changing its attitude toward problems and embracing them as learning opportunities, this Colombian construction company turned its culture around.
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How to start a manufacturing business from scratch with lean
See how a foundry created a culture of continuous learning to solve problems and adapt quickly to market needs.
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Introductory reading
Lean leadership: the link between strategy, execution and organizational culture
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