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In our August Newsletter, David Brunt shared insights from LEA's visit to axial electrical motor company YASA, organised by Scott Lloyd, where managers used the A3 8 step problem solving process to tackle issues such as scrap reduction and quality improvements. Our latest UK Lean Summit Keynote is also now available to watch. James O'Sullivan & John Blacklock at Hologic, Inc., leading innovator in women’s health, share their journey from switching to produce covid diagnostic testing during the corona virus pandemic through to developing “The Mancunian Way” at their Wythenshaw site. Limited spaces are still available for Toyota’s “A Lean Approach” seminar, as well as for November and December dates. Experience the Toyota Production System firsthand with factory tours, expert insights, and a Q&A with senior leaders. All fees are donated to charity. Stay tuned for our new Improvement Management System online course which is coming this week! Explore more in our latest Community Newsletter edition ⬇️ #leancommunity #newsletter #leanthinking

Managing to Learn by Toyota veteran John Shook, reveals the thinking underlying the vital A3 management process at the heart of lean management and lean leadership. Pick up your copy here: https://buff.ly/35hhJeR

The starting point for lean is understanding what situational problems you need to solve and following a robust method to solve them – rather than jumping to solutions. Learn more about problem solving on our free level 1 online course: https://buff.ly/3yIvBfo

Where should you start on your Lean Journey? Start with our FREE Lean Transformation Framework Skill Level 1 Course. The course willl help you gain the basic knowledge around the Purpose, Process & People aspects of the subject. Access the course here: buff.ly/3P2E7Qw

The Lean Bakery is a quick, entertaining story about a baker in Barcelona who saved his business with lean thinking and successfully expanded it through rapid experimentation and problem. solving.https://buff.ly/38PaBHK

We are pleased to announce our UK Lean Summit for 2025! Early Bird Tickets now available - don't miss out!

Read the opening paragraphs of Chapter 1 of the new Lean Global Network book 'Upgrade to Hospitality Excellence' about applying Lean Thinking in a resort hotel.

Peter Watkins, Senior Lean Coach at LEA, provides findings on our Lean Transformation Framework research and how it has helped organisations to apply lean thinking and practice: https://buff.ly/4eujwi8 This talk was held at our sell-out UK Lean Summit 2024. Tickets for our UK Lean Summit 2025 in Liverpool on the 8-9 April are now available at: https://buff.ly/47V1bs6

A Lean material-handling guide for operations, production-control, and engineering professionals. https://buff.ly/3Ap6WfD