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Watch Dan Jones speak at the 2014 Lean Summit in the Netherlands

Watch Dan Jones speak at the 2014 Lean Summit in the Netherlands

Dan Jones
August 7, 2014

VIDEO - Dan Jones was one of the keynote speakers at this year's Lean Summit in The Netherlands. Here's a 15-minute excerpt of his talk, with some great insights into the state of lean thinking.


Speaker: Dan Jones, Chairman, Lean Enterprise Academy, UK


The summit was organized by the Lean Management Instituut, based in The Netherlands

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Just-in-Time and the Covid pandemic
January 21, 2021
Just-in-Time and the Covid pandemic

FEATURE – The pandemic has brought back into the spotlight the common misconception that Just-in-Time causes disruption when spikes in demand occur. Torbjørn Netland debunks the myth.

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The amazing growth of a chain of lean bakeries in Spain
July 16, 2015
The amazing growth of a chain of lean bakeries in Spain

CASE STUDY – A very lean system that runs like clockwork and constant attention to customer service enable Barcelona-based 365.café to achieve the impossible: supplying 55 bakeries out of a 650-sqm factory.

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Can lean thinking improve IT service management?
March 19, 2015
Can lean thinking improve IT service management?

FEATURE – Lean management forces us to look at our IT service management from a different perspective and helps us to ensure it really supports our organizational needs.

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Changing our approach to emergency care
May 12, 2023
Changing our approach to emergency care

FEATURE – The ER of this Catalan hospital is finding great value in the application of Lean Thinking, which has already led to a dramatic change in its processes and to better care for patients.

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