Author

Chet

A few quick facts about what I do and who I am: - Communications Director at the Lean Enterprise Institute - since the 1990s, I've enjoyed covering and writing about the implementation of lean principles in manufacturing, service, and healthcare companies. - write a weekly e-letter about new articles and other resources at the Lean Enterprise Institute's web site www.lean.org. - promote lean seminars, workshops, and Summit conferences run by the Lean Enterprise Institute. - promote new lean books and workbooks published by the Lean Enterprise Institute. - edit the "Lean Lexicon" graphical glossary of terms lean thinkers use and sometimes misuse. - host of LEI's lean thinking webinars.

Lean Transformation Summit Reveals Keys to “Lean for the Long Term”

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A unique group of companies, including two that have sustained lean transformations since the mid-1990s, will reveal how they are developing lean longevity at the Lean Transformation Summit conference sponsored by the Lean Enterprise Institute, March 3-4, 2010, Orlando. Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 22, 2009 — Many companies begin lean transformations only to succumb to cultural, management, and...