(LEI: Cambridge, MA) -- Implementing lean management principles in manufacturing, distribution, and supply chains are major tracks in a series of lean workshops scheduled by the Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) for Minneapolis, Sept. 13–15, 2011.

What is lean?
The terms “lean manufacturing,” “lean production,” or “lean management” refer to a complete business system for organizing and managing product development, operations, suppliers, customer relations, and the overall enterprise.

The curriculum for the workshops also addresses lean manufacturing’s key concepts, value-stream mapping for manufacturing and office environments, and how to implement lean concepts in service environments. The curriculum is:

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