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    • Lean Enterprise Self Assessment Tool Version 1.0, Facilitator's Guide 

      Lean Advancement Initiative (2001-08)
      This guide is designed to be used by the team that will conduct a Lean Enterprise Self Assessment. It provides an introduction to the self assessment tool itself, explains the architecture of the self assessment tool, ...
    • Lean Enterprise Self-Assessment Tool (LESAT) Version 1.0 

      Lean Advancement Initiative (2001-08)
      The LESAT Development Team solicited input from a wide variety of LAI consortium members to determine the set of factors considered most important in transitioning to a lean enterprise. The team determined an overarching ...
    • Lean Enterprise Value (LEV) Simulation 

      Lean Advancement Initiative (2006)
      The Lean Enterprise Value (LEV) simulation is a unique tool for demonstrating the value, and challenges, of implementing lean principles and practices at the enterprise level. It currently comprises four modular simulations ...
    • Lean Supplier Networks Framework 

      Bozdogan, Kirkor (1995-04-14)
      This framework was developed in 1995. The question was what are the main principles, practices, and metrics that the defense aircraft enterprises may strive to adopt in order to achieve significant improvements in terms ...
    • LESAT Calculator 

      Lean Advancement Initiative
      Tool for lean practice calculations.
    • LESAT: The Lean Enterprise Self Assessment Tool 

      Nightingale, Deborah (2001)
      The Lean Enterprise Self Assessment Tool overview.
    • Manufacturing System Design Framework Manual 

      Vaughn, Amanda; Fernandes, Pradeep; Shields, J. Tom (2002)
      Previous Lean Aerospace Initiative research in factory operations had indicated that the greatest performance gains are realized when the manufacturing system is designed from the top down and from supplier to the customer. ...
    • Product Development Transition to Lean (PDTTL) Roadmap 

      McManus, Hugh L. (2005-03)
      The Lean Aerospace Initiative (LAI) Product Development (PD) Transition To Lean Module (TTL) is a tool for the transformation of PD efforts to a lean state. It has a parallel structure to, and is intended to by synergistic ...
    • Product Development Value Stream Mapping (PDVSM) Manual Release 1.0 

      McManus, Hugh L. (2005-09)
      This manual is intended for product development (PD) personnel working on improving their own processes, and the lean change agents working with them. Its aim is to provide practical guidance for applying lean concepts to ...
    • Production Operations Level: Transition-To-Lean Roadmap 

      Lean Advancement Initiative (2000-06-05)
      This paper provides a roadmap for transitioning an existing production operation to one that fully implements a lean manufacturing philosophy. Integration of engineering, human resources, and business viewpoints are ...
    • Production Operations Transition-To-Lean Roadmap 

      Lean Advancement Initiative (2000-06-05)
      Tool to help production operations improve competitive position.
    • Roadmap for Building Lean Supplier Networks (Roadmap Tool) 

      Bozdogan, Kirk (2004-03-15)
      This tool represents a "how-to" implementation guide that lays out a structured process for evolving lean supply chain management capabilities in order to build lean supplier networks. The Roadmap Tool is linked to the ...
    • Supplier Management Self-Assessment Tool 

      Lean Advancement Initiative; Bozdogan, Kirkor
      This tool represents a framework that companies can utilize to conduct a self-assessment of how much progress they have made in developing lean supply chain management capabilities. In addition, it can be used to establish ...
    • Supplier Management Self-Assessment Tool 

      Lean Advancement Initiative; Bozdogan, Kirkor (2022-12-05)
      This tool represents a framework that companies can utilize to conduct a self-assessment of how much progress they have made in developing lean supply chain management capabilities. In addition, it can be used to establish ...
    • Supplier Network part of the Lean Enterprise Self-Assessment Tool 

      Bozdogan, Kirkor (2003-06-26)
      This is an aggregated version of the full Supplier Management Self-Assessment Tool, which is presented separately, as an integrated component of the LAI Supplier Networks Transformation Toolset.
    • Supplier Networks Transformation Toolset (Version 1.0) General Description 

      Bozd, Kirk (2004-03-22)
      The Supplier Networks Transformation Toolset was developed by LAI's Supplier Networks Working Group and released as version 1.0 in March 2004. This toolset represents the 1.0 version of the LAI Supplier Networks Transformation ...
    • Systems Engineering Leading Indicators Guide, Version 1.0 

      Lean Advancement Initiative; Systems Engineering Advancement Research Initiative; International Council on Systems Engineering; Practical Software and Systems Measurement (2013-10-31)
      The Systems Engineering Leading Indicators guide set reflects the initial subset of possible indicators that were considered to be the highest priority for evaluating effectiveness before the fact. A leading indicator is ...
    • Systems Engineering Leading Indicators Guide, Version 2.0 

      Lean Advancement Initiative; Systems Engineering Advancement Research Initiative; International Council on Systems Engineering; Practical Software and Systems Measurement (2010-06-29)
      The Systems Engineering Leading Indicators Guide editorial team is pleased to announce the release of Version 2.0. Version 2.0 supersedes Version 1.0, which was released in July 2007 and was the result of a project initiated ...
    • Transitioning to a Lean Enterprise: A Guide for Leaders, Volume I, Executive Overview 

      Mize, Joe; Nightingale, Deborah; Taneja, Abhinav; Tonaszuck, David (2000)
      This Transition-To-Lean Guide is intended to help your enterprise leadership navigate your enterprise’s challenging journey into the promising world of “lean.” You have opened this guide because, in some fashion, you have ...
    • Transitioning to a Lean Enterprise: A Guide for Leaders, Volume II, Transition-to-Lean Roadmap 

      Lean Advancement Initiative (2000)
      Volume II of this guide is a standalone reference model for assisting lean change agents and lean implementation teams in transforming the enterprise to a lean state. It is also of value to enterprise leaders and senior ...