(Lean Enterprise Institute: Cambridge, MA) -- Next year’s Lean Transformation Summit explores lean practice from two angles. From a Fundamental perspective, you’ll see how large and small companies in a variety of industries launched and sustained lean transformations. The same companies also will reveal new frontiers of lean thinking, demonstrating they are developing new practices and creating new knowledge. You'll learn from:

• Ford Motor Co., the company that invented flow production, is taking lean to product development and engineering.
• Coca-Cola, the iconic worldwide brand, is applying lean thinking to the distribution channel.
• Acme Alliance, a small young company in a traditional manufacturing industry, is applying lean concepts to its extended enterprise even while working internally on lean fundamentals.
• Starbucks, a young company already redefining itself, is applying fundamental lean principles in new ways to frontline, value-creating work.

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