This page contains links to selected Lean and related websites,
Please get in touch if you think there are other useful websites we should add. We’re trying to avoid sites that offer services or material for a fee. And if there are any broken links do tell us.
All About Lean – The history of Lean, amongst other things, by Christoph Roser
American Society for Quality (ASQ) – Wide range of resources relevant to Lean in HE
ASQ Lean Enterprise Division – Focus on manufacturing, government, healthcare, etc.
Better Operations – Dr. Torbjørn Netland’s thoughts on continuous improvement
Bob Emiliani – Lean leadership books, articles, and videos
Compression Institute – The innovative ideas of Robert ‘Doc’ Hall
Creative Safety Supply – Lots of Lean education articles
Efficiency Exchange – Helps institutions discover and share good practice and innovation
FREEleansite – Many free resources with downloadable training modules
Gemba Academy – Teaching and training resources (many videos)
John Bicheno’s top 100 Lean books – John’s list of Lean classics and recent work
Lean Blog – Lean in hospitals, business, and our world, by Mark Graban
Lean Competency System – Lean qualification framework
The Lean Edge – Discussion between management thinkers and Lean management writers
Lean Enterprise Academy – Mission is to deepen and spread the understanding of Lean
Lean Enterprise Institute – Mission to make things better through Lean thinking and practice
Lean Insider – A blog of news, research, and trends on OE and Lean enterprise
The Lean Management Journal – Leadership in process improvement
Lean Manufacturing – Lean tools and glossary
Lean Ohio – Lean guides, tools, and training materials from Ohio State Government
Lean Production – Manufacturing resources with many relevant and transferrable to HE
Lean Simulations – Collection of Lean games/simulations, videos, and blog posts
Miami University, Ohio – Glossary of Lean terminology
Michigan Technical University – Includes blogs and a list of useful texts
Norges Arktiske Universitet – Readings, tools and techniques (in Norwegian
Planet Lean – Magazine of the Lean Global Network
ResearchGate – A social networking site with many Lean in HE related papers
Shingo Institute – Needs no introduction
Shmula – Pete Abilla’s take on a number of Lean related topics
Strategic Doing – Methodology enabling quick formation of action-oriented collaborations
Toyota Kata – Resources provided by Mike Rother, author of e.g. ‘Toyota Kata’
UCISA – Includes ‘Establishing Process Improvement Capability in an HE Environment‘
University of Iowa – Includes an overview of Lean and some useful tools
University of Sheffield – Home of the Process Improvement Unit
St Andrews Lean Consulting – (That’s us, it is our webpage after all!) Lots of good resources
The W. Edwards Deming Institute – Readings, blogs and videos of the work of Dr Deming
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