Lean Leadership the UK Way

by Hal on May 19, 2006

in construction, lean

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While on our trip to Toyota Georgetown, Norman Bodek arranged a visit at one of the leading lean education centers in the world, the University of Kentucky Center for Manufacturing. David Veech was our host. He toured us through the labs where we saw students (at 6:00 PM) redesigning factory layouts using 5S and redesigning production settings starting with current state value-stream maps. The students were articulate, engaging, and they knew their (lean) stuff.

UK offers a series of programs for students and for industry practitioners. Their programs are geared towards manufacturing. Their attention is on the materiel process. We had the opportunity to interact with their faculty. Good people with big ambition.

If you are doing projects, specifically construction projects, I suggest you call on the work of the Lean Construction Institute and the International Group for Lean Construction. However, if the basic nature of your work is production or fabrication, then the people at UK can really help.

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