September 2020
Webinar series – Lean Days Trondheim – part 2 Lean Management
"We at Toyota say that every leader is a teacher who develops the next generation of leaders. That's their most important job." .... "A manager's job is not to put employees in a position where they're going to fail, but to put them in a challenging position where they have to work hard to succeed while managing to see room for further improvement." (Akio Toyoda, CEO & Chairman Toyota)
Are lean leaders different from other leaders? If so, what does a lean leader do? What do we need to do to develop the next generation of lean leaders. How do we develop prominent employees who create good products or services that meet the customer or user? In this session you will hear from both researcher, and senior leaders in Norwegian business, what characterises Lean Management in Norway and the Norwegian cooperation model
Find out more »October 2020
Webinar series – Lean Days Trondheim – part 3 Lean Digital
New technologies combined with lean provide opportunities to develop smart and more automated work processes. Most businesses have implemented ENTERPRISE Resource Planning (ERP) systems to improve data flow and processes across organizational boundaries. Many have also adopted digital technologies such as interactive whiteboards, cloud solutions, data capture, smart planning systems, artificial intelligence to achieve process improvements. However, the businesses do not achieve the results they had expected.
We have challenged some businesses to tell us how they have worked on the implementation of digital technology, and what experiences they have in terms of increased efficiency and customer value. We will facilitate a discussion about whether lean thinking and methods can produce better results in such implementations.
Find out more »November 2020
Blended Network Action Learning – Solving Complex Organizational Problems Across Space and Time
Daryl Powell will give a presentation of the Blended Network Action Learning (BNAL) methodology the 19th of November. After a short presentation of 30 minutes there will be room for discussion. You can join this webinar via Microsoft Teams. Just click the link to the webinar on November 19 at…
Find out more »March 2021
Webinar session 2: Roles, Responsibilities and Skills of the LEAN4.0 Operations Manager
Thursday March 4th from 9:00 am – 10:00 am (MSTeams sessions) Second session in a series of three meetings for operations directors and managers interested in Lean and Industry 4.0 technologies. How is the work of the operations director and managers changing because of the development and introduction of Industry…
Find out more »Webinar session 3: Roles, Responsibilities and Skills of the LEAN4.0 Operations Manager
Thursday March 11th from 9:00 am – 10:00 am (MSTeams sessions) Third and last session in a series of three meetings for operations directors and managers interested in Lean and Industry 4.0 technologies. How is the work of the operations director and managers changing because of the development and introduction…
Find out more »June 2021
The Fusion of Lean with Industry 4.0
Mr. Saurabh Gupta is Business Head (VP) at an Automotive Component Manufacturing company with in Joint Venture of Leading Automobile OEM. He will give a masterclass about the Fusion of Lean with Industry 4.0. He will refer to the developments of Lean 4.0 at this company. Mr. Gupta is Lean Six Sigma Blackbelt. He has a great interest in the development of the operations role in companies.
Find out more »Learning Lean in the Digital Era
In this masterclass, Daryl Powell will explain and illustrate the ‘Blended Network Action Learning’ (BNAL) methodology and how it was developed and applied in action at Kongsberg Maritime Subsea in Norway to improve the company’s supplier network. He will make clear that the BNAL methodology is especially important for Operations Managers who recognize the importance of Lean ánd Industry 4.0 technologies within their companies and in their relations with suppliers and customers.
Find out more »Developing Lean 4.0 in your company
In this masterclass, prof. Jannes Slomp will show the development of a taxonomy which supports managers to recognize the Lean 4.0 situation within their company and to identify their strategic challenges.
Find out more »October 2021
European Lean Educator Conference 2021
This year’s conference theme is: Learning in the digital era. We really hope you will be able to join us and share your thoughts, experience and insights in teaching and learning lean thinking! The European Lean Educator Conference is dedicated to fostering knowledge exchange within academia as well as between…
Find out more »December 2021
Online masterclass Hansei: The Importance of Self-reflection in Continuous Improvement
We would like to invite you for a Masterclass on PDCA and especially on the Check phase of PDCA. The masterclass will be given by Yoshino. Jannes Slomp is the moderator. As Jannes asked Isao Yoshino, 40 years manager at Toyota, about hansei, he made clear that ‘self-reflection’ has to…
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