MPI Partner George Taninecz has been studying, writing about, and helping the world’s prominent lean thinkers advance understanding of lean management principles for more than a decade. Taninecz has managed and/or edited for the Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) six winners of the coveted Shingo Research Prize, which annually recognizes research and writing on new knowledge and understanding of lean production and lean manufacturing:

• Managing to Learn by John Shook (2008)
• Getting the Right Things Done by Pascal Dennis (2006)
• Lean Solutions by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones (2005)
• The Gold Mine by Freddy Ballé and Michael Ballé (2005)
• Creating Level Pull by Art Smalley (2004)
• Making Materials Flow by Rick harris, Chris Harris, and Earl Wilson (2003)

When it comes to understanding lean, there is no substitute for going to the gemba and seeing individuals apply lean concepts and watching employees in action as they strive to improve their organizations. Taninecz has been on the front lines of leading lean organizations in a variety of fields —manufacturing, healthcare, services, academia — and has developed the following case studies for LEI:

• Making Lean Leaders
• "Pulling" Lean Through a Hospital
• New Facility, New Flow, and New Levels of Patient Care
• Best in Healthcare Getting Better with Lean
• Lean Landscapers
• Massachusetts General Looks to Lean
• Lean Inroads in Alabama Academia
• Lean Beyond Production
• Lean on Campus

Click here to read more about George Taninecz. He can be reached at gtaninecz@mpi-group.net or by calling 216.991.8390.