The Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) helps companies transform themselves into lean enterprises, based on the principles of the Toyota Business System.
We also help managers and executives develop the leadership behaviors that sustain lean enterprises.
LEI was founded in 1997 by management expert James P. Womack, Ph.D., as a nonprofit research, education, publishing, and conference company with a mission to advance lean thinking around the world.
We conduct research projects, teach courses, hold lean management seminars, write and publish books and workbooks, and organize public and private conferences
We use the surplus revenues from these activities for research and to support lean initiatives such as the Healthcare Value Network, Lean Education Academic Network, and the Lean Global Network..
Resources provided by LEI include:
- A web site at lean.org that offers free content including:
*Original case studies
*Book excerpts
*Webinars
*e-letters and columns by thought leaders John Shook and James Womack
- Workshops on basic and advanced lean management principles and tools including: value-stream mapping for production and nonproduction environments, lean healthcare, pull production and leveling, logistics, standardized work, product development, strategy deployment , change agent skills, lean culture change, problem solving, lean leadership, and more.
- Conferences, including the annual Lean Transformation Summit
Specialties
Research into starting, sustaining, and spreading a lean transformation, Lean workshops, including on-site training, Book and workbooks on lean tools and concepts, Lean management case studies, webinars, articles, Annual Lean Transformation Summit
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Lean Enterprise Institute has a new Intern
Olivia Talman is now Intern
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