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Lean & Green Conference  

S A Partner's Lean & Green Conference, held in London on 3 March 2011, brought together leading thinkers and business people to share ideas on how Lean and Green toolkits and concepts can work in harmony to improve competitiveness and boost innovation.

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Tara Garnett of Food Climate Research Network

Hunter Lovins of Natural Capitalism Solutions

Dr Keivan Zokaei of S A Partners

Dr Andy Wood of Adnams Brewery

Helen Sisson of Greencore

Ray Baker of Kingfisher Group
 
Creating a Lean Business System  

This white paper describes how The Lean Business Model® can be used to make Lean Thinking ‘a way of life’ in your business. It looks at all the elements that need to be in place to complete a Lean transformation and how you can create a roadmap for Lean that is specific to your organisation. Click here to download the white paper. Click here to download the white paper  
 
The Principles of the Lean Business System  

Since the publication of ‘Lean Thinking’ by James Womack and Daniel Jones in 1996, our understanding of Lean has moved on. Lean has been applied across a wider range of manufacturing and service industries and the issue of sustaining change has become more central. In this paper S A Partners chairman Professor Peter Hines explains why he thinks it is time to revisit the original five Lean principles outlined in ‘Lean Thinking’, and what the right set of principles for today could be.  Click here to download the white paper  
 
Toyota Production System in House Building  

Could the Toyota Production System, designed for a high volume industry, really be transferred successfully to the lower volume housebuilding sector?  Read what happened when Toyota moved into prefabricated housebuilding in this article.

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Lean in the Public Sector - Must do better  

This paper looks at how sustainable Lean is possible in the public sector.  Using the Lean Iceberg Model, it moves away from the ‘quick win’ culture that is often applied, and looks at the ‘below the waterline’ elements of sustainable Lean which include; Strategy and Alignment, Leadership and Behaviour & Engagement.

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