Lean Programs

Surge Capacity in Labs

Published by Tom Reynolds in Lean Laboratory, Lean Manufacturing, Lean Programs on July 17, 2020

One of the key goals of ‘Lean Lab’ is to create lab processes that operate and are resourced at the ‘levelled demand rate’. This enables the Lab to efficiently and productively meet the needs of the business.

The Seven Deadly Sins of Lean Programmes - Why Lean Programmes often under perform

Published by Tom Reynolds in Lean Programs on January 17, 2019

In an effort to deploy Lean across their organisations, many companies have invested heavily in large multi site programmes supported by dedicated internal Lean resources. The results from these programmes are quite often patchy and underwhelming. So why do these programs under perform?

Lean Organisation for Lean Programmes

Published by Pat Sheehan in Lean Programs on April 11, 2018

You’re a site leader three months into your Lean Programme and on the face of it things are going well but you’ve got doubts that the organisation structure is supporting your lean journey in the way you’d want.