Article published in "EUROPE Info" of april 2006 An official publication of Asme. Moving from Silos to Horizontal Management Practices Lean Manufacturing shakes up traditional management styles to the benefit of the European economy and workforce Global competition on all levels of the business community means that businesses - large and small - are increasingly obliged to think in innovative ways to stay ahead in the marketplace. There is a trend to take best management practices from one particular industry which can be applicable cross-sectorally. One such management theory is the concept of Lean Manufacturing. ASME Info Europe caught up with Claus Weidinger, a German-born Lean Manufacturing Consultant and ASME member,who has been working in this fast developing management sector since 1995 on projects which have taken him across the globe. Read the article |