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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.

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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.

Articles

Cracking the wrong whip

Jul 17, 2013

Last month the minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, called on ward sisters in public sector hospitals to place orders for supplies three months in advance. This was in response to a question about the problems experienced by patients in getting their medication timeously (SAFM, Morning Live, 26 July 2013).

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NPC promoting Lean Management in Africa. Purpose: Sustainable Development of Society. Vision: Contributing to better organisational outcomes & quality of life.

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31 Oct

⁦@JohnToussaintMD⁩ shares that it’s important to #gosee the results at #centresofexcellence like #Leratong to help executives to have the #lightbulbmoment to see the power of #leanthinking #leanafrica19 Closing panel at #LeanHealthcareSummit2019. #startsmallgobigorgohome

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31 Oct

Mr Dube responds to a question from delegates: how will he sustain the incredible #leantransformation he has led when he leaves Leratong? He leaves in 2mnths! He’s ensuring he equips his team & they keep in touch with us & @HCValue to ensure longevity of the wins! #leanafrica19

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31 Oct

Closing panel at #leaninstituteafricas #leanhealthcaresummit with #GreyDube, #SharonVasuthevan and #JohnToussaint. #leanafrica19 what a brilliant day! #continuousimprovement #leanthinking

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31 Oct

#MonkElmer #leanafrica19 he says he has been the president of his school district in his area & he’s insisted on primary school children adopting #leanthinking and kids are identifying gaps in their education process. Amazing! #Lean #leanmanagement #LeanHealthcareSummit

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Improvements of scores on #procedure, #patientexperience have been seen. All improvements & areas for improvement are visible so Sharon, ⁦@LifeHealthcare_⁩ exec , knows exactly where gaps are & where they’re doing well! #leanafrica19 Gr8 example of #startsmallgobigorgohome

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News

Ten years of learning from our mistakes – February 2017 Newsletter

Our one big, ongoing mistake since we set up the Lean Institute Africa (LIA) ten years ago: we did not make enough mistakes. So, we started making LIA mistakes ten years ago. I’ll get back to that but first want to reflect a bit on what else happened in 2007. Here are...

Lessons from Lean Collaboration – January 2017 Newsletter

The mission of the Lean Institute Africa is “Building the community of lean practitioners through action research and knowledge sharing, to help organisations serve their customers better”. In pursuit of that mission I recently had the pleasure of facilitating the...

Lean Summit Africa 2016

Our eighth Lean Summit Africa took place between the 19th and the 21st of October 2016. Thank you to all of those who participated, especially our sponsors: The Western Cape Government's Department of Economic Development and Tourism Automotive Industry Development...

The on-going evolution of Lean Management – November 2016 Newsletter

In the late 80’s and early 90’s, I was the manager of a group of worker cooperatives known as the Overberg Kooperatiewe. I was appointed as manager at Montagu Skrynwerke Kooperatief (MSK) by the workers in about 1988. We made machined wood furniture to sell together...

Exploring the softer side of lean – September 2016 Newsletter

Have you come to this page from our email newsletter? Click here to continue reading where the email ended. “Lean conversational skills”: have you ever heard the expression? What might it mean? What it means, for me, is a form of dialogue characterized by: • discovery...