Lean Enterprise Institute
Ron Taylor is a Senior Partner at DLW Partners LLC and a Senior Coach at the Lean Enterprise Institute, both since March 2018, specializing in Lean/OpEx Consulting, on-shoring, executive coaching, and Lean transformation strategy. With extensive experience in transformation and strategic planning for senior leadership and board-level clients within Fortune 50 and various sectors, Ron also serves as President of Value Stream Production Systems Ltd since 1999. Previous positions include Lean Specialist at RWD Consulting, LLC from 1997 to 1998, and various managerial roles at Johnson Controls from 1986 to 1997. Education includes studies at the Canadian Institute of Management at the University of Waterloo and an Electronics Engineering degree from Fanshawe College.
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Lean Enterprise Institute
The nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) helps companies and people make things better through lean thinking and action. We also help managers and executives develop the leadership behaviors that sustain lean enterprises. LEI was founded in 1997 by management expert James P. Womack, Ph.D., as a nonprofit research, education, publishing, and conference company with a mission to advance lean thinking around the world. We conduct research projects, teach courses, hold lean management seminars, write and publish books and workbooks, and organize public and private conferences We use the surplus revenues from these activities for research and to support lean initiatives such as the Healthcare Value Network, Lean Education Academic Network, and the Lean Global Network. Resources provided by LEI include: - A web site at lean.org that offers free content including: Original case studies Book excerpts Webinars E-letters and columns by thought leaders John Shook and James Womack - Workshops on basic and advanced lean management principles and tools including: value-stream mapping for production and nonproduction environments, lean healthcare, pull production and leveling, logistics, standardized work, product development, strategy deployment , change agent skills, lean culture change, problem solving, lean leadership, and more. - Conferences, including the annual Lean Summit #Lean #FutureofWork #LearningOrganization #ContinuousImprovement