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The Principles and Implementation of Lean Improvement

Kainexus

To succeed in today's hyper-competitive environment, organizations must strive to improve continuously. One of the most widespread is an approach that grew out of the Japanese automotive industry, Lean manufacturing. One of the most widespread is an approach that grew out of the Japanese automotive industry, Lean manufacturing.

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What the Cannabis Business Needs in Order to Thrive

Business and Tech

Finding technology solutions that allow dispensary owners to focus on running their businesses effectively is key to succeeding as competition heats up in the industry. I hope our industry leans into the good we’re doing for society, because that message will resonate and motivate.

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Using Lean Innovation in the Product Development and Commercialization Process

Moves the Needle

Companies that successfully bring new products to market rapidly, benefit from having a leg up on their competition while diminishing the negative effects of shrinking product life cycles. Lean Innovation doesn’t begin and end with product development. How does the role of healthcare providers differ by country?

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The great GE innovation experiment

Jeffrey Phillips

GE, once a large conglomerate, has announced that it will divide itself into three companies , a healthcare company, an energy company and an aviation company. They strip down and operate as efficiently as possible, using lean practices and six sigma guidance (already well embedded) to improve operating margins. Getting smaller faster?

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Key Issues in Innovation Management – Revisited – Part 1

Tim Kastelle

This requires companies to proactively or reactively innovate their business models in order to remain competitive. The platform environment is mostly characterized by a tension between collaboration and competition of the participating companies, often referred to as coopetition. Cases in point: Lego and Burberry.

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5 Tech Issues That Can Slow Down Innovation

IdeaScale

The seeming slowdown in innovation is also partly due to expansion in outcome-based industries like finance and healthcare that are more difficult to measure than how many widgets one produces. If your devices aren’t as lean and efficient as when they were new, a few tweaks and some maintenance will improve their performance.

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Manoj Khanna

Innovation 360 Group

My experience spans across technology-enabled strategy and implementation to enable organizations (finance, banking, insurance, retail, telecom, logistics, healthcare) create value, take out cost, and develop competitive advantage. Area of expertise: Lean & Agile Management. Agile Engineering Practices. DevOps Practices.