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Links
See links to various online resources to learn more about Lean Thinking and Practice both locally and globally.
We are constantly learning so please let us know if you find any other sites you think should be added.
Research
Most research conducted by the Lean Institute Africa is done in association with MBA students of the UCT Graduate School of Business. To access free copies of MBA research reports, please contact GSB. Here is a recent list of Lean-related Research Reports.
Books
The Lean Institute Africa is the local, authorised distributor of the Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) in the USA and as such, distributes books, DVDs and training materials on their behalf.
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Are your metrics helping your organisation improve its performance?
While working on a client engagement, I proposed to a manager that we setup a dashboard for her and the team to reflect on the department’s performance and systematise improvement...
Resolution Circle Proposal: Placement of Industrial Engineering Diploma students
Resolution Circle (Pty) Ltd Proposal 13 Sep 2021 Re: Placement of Industrial Engineering Diploma students 1. BACKGROUND We are a company (Pty) Ltd fully owned by the University of Johannesburg We serve the Engineering Diploma students from Universities of Technology...
SA Mass Vaccination Preparation: a View through a Small Window
U3A (The University of the Third Age) hosted Prof. Norman Faull talking about the vaccine roll out in South Africa. Do take a look through his small window into the systems that will support this process and learn about his suggestions for simulations to strengthen...
As we learn by doing
One of the things that I appreciate the most about my work is the high amount of learning that goes together with doing my work. Recently I concluded a pilot project where we managed to reduce the average patient journey time (from arrival at the facility’s Admission...
A Call to Arms
The call to bare arms is now widespread. In Argentina. In Germany. In Indonesia. In fact, we see the call to arms in all the countries that have secured supplies of the vaccine to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. It is a call for upper arms to be bared, and injected. Our...
THE LEARNING IS IN THE STRUGGLE WITH TERRY O’DONOGHUE
If you missed the webinar with Terry O'Donoghue, from Halfway Toyota, do take a look at the recording below. It is well worth watching! https://youtu.be/3X1z_AISPc4 Read more
Lean Healthcare amidst Covid19: Interview with Len Deacon, SA Homecare
In May 2020 South Africa started to deal with the upsurge in Covid19 cases and healthcare facilities began facing the enormity of the task ahead. On the suggestion of Dr Rob Campbell, CEO of Nurture Health, the Lean Institute Africa coordinated a Lean Healthcare...
The Question of Employee Engagement
I had an interesting conversation with someone that got me thinking about management’s thinking around people engagement in most organisations. The person contrasted experience of working in the private sector with that of working in the public sector. In one of these...
If there is a plan, but most people don’t know about it, then is it a plan?
If there is a plan, but people don’t know about it, then is it a plan? At the start of the Covid19 pandemic Lean Institute Africa offered an organisation pro-bono support to assist with the response to the pandemic. They were initially interested, and our Lean...
“We need more staff!”
They said they just needed more staff. They said their process was good – that a nearby university had reviewed their process and confirmed that fact. They said I should back off and just support their push for more staff. The case for more staff was strong: two hours...
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Are your metrics helping your organisation improve its performance?
While working on a client engagement, I proposed to a manager that we setup a dashboard for her and the team to reflect on the department’s performance and systematise improvement...
Resolution Circle Proposal: Placement of Industrial Engineering Diploma students
Resolution Circle (Pty) Ltd Proposal 13 Sep 2021 Re: Placement of Industrial Engineering Diploma students 1. BACKGROUND We are a company (Pty) Ltd fully owned by the University of Johannesburg We serve the Engineering Diploma students from Universities of Technology...
SA Mass Vaccination Preparation: a View through a Small Window
U3A (The University of the Third Age) hosted Prof. Norman Faull talking about the vaccine roll out in South Africa. Do take a look through his small window into the systems that will support this process and learn about his suggestions for simulations to strengthen...
As we learn by doing
One of the things that I appreciate the most about my work is the high amount of learning that goes together with doing my work. Recently I concluded a pilot project where we managed to reduce the average patient journey time (from arrival at the facility’s Admission...
A Call to Arms
The call to bare arms is now widespread. In Argentina. In Germany. In Indonesia. In fact, we see the call to arms in all the countries that have secured supplies of the vaccine to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. It is a call for upper arms to be bared, and injected. Our...
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