Japan Lean Tour – Learning 1 – Improving your organisation everyday       “Improve what we can, now, one step at a time.” Mr. KOSAKA, former Toyota plant manager     Many organisations we see put in place suggestion boxes to gather bottom up ideas. Often, they struggle to  create enthusiasm around this system. When asking people, the same answer often comes back: “We…

An Introduction to Lean Construction In a sector where price pressure is high, competition is intense and margins are low, General Contractors have to find ways to increase their efficiency and effectiveness.  One part of the answer can be found in implementing Lean Construction. While Lean Construction allows General Contractors to improve their performance, other levers such as Integrated Management…

Lean Construction: Engineering & Planning and why they matter Implementing Lean Engineering and Lean Planning help keeping construction projects under control and finally get out of firefighting modus. By Gilles Kartheuser, Senior Lean Consultant at Improof Solutions