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		<title>Lean – How and why SME’s should consider Lean by Glenn Seaby</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When contemplating improving your business there is a common tendency to unconsciously go on the defensive and think,  “Lean may be alright for company XYZ in Industry ABC but it won’t work like that in our industry or company.  We are different and have different challenges.”
It is true that your business is different and has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Lean more than just a set of Tools?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jim Womack and John Shook are constantly reminding us of the importance of the balance between &#8220;Process&#8221;  (Technical) and &#8220;People&#8221; (Social)  to achieve our organisation&#8217;s &#8220;Purpose&#8221; as we implement Lean in our companies. John Shook has told us that in the eighties we generally had too much weight on the social side of the scale, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://leanmanufacturingmadeeasy.com/lean-manufacturing/is-lean-more-than-just-a-set-of-tools</link>
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		<title>5S - What is it and how should we implement it?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Put simply, 5S is method of creating, maintaining and improving a clean and orderly workplace that exposes waste and errors.  5S helps identify unplanned levels of inventory either as tools, materials, work in progress or finished goods.  Often we can use simple visual processes to help us identify these problems quickly through systems that provide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Authority vs Responsibility in Lean Leadership</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For successful Lean leadership we need to separate responsibility and authority. This seems strange because we normally think that authority and responsibility are linked together. Could this be another Lean thinking paradox!
The focus in a Lean organisation has shifted from &#8220;who has the authority&#8221; to &#8220;what is the right thing to do&#8221;. This is achieved [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://leanmanufacturingmadeeasy.com/lean-manufacturing/authority-vs-responsibility-in-lean-leadership</link>
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		<title>Are we just “getting behind” our Lean initiative or really leading from the front?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Continuing our theme of better ways to lead organisational change, how can we ensure that our Lean initiative is not just the introduction of a set of “tools”?  Tools on their own will not translate into a sustainable Lean culture.  A Lean culture will require at least a combination of effective leadership and tools.  If [...]]]></description>
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