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Keep it Lean and Local at PT GENTS
Lean management isn’t a system of improvement built on defined rules, it’s one that is underlined by culture, and championed by leaders like Fitri Afriyanti, of PT GENTS, Indonesia.
Fitri joined GE as an engineer in 2016, going on to become a continuous improvement lead in 2018, with a role focused on assessing and introducing successful improvement processes. In 2020 all that hard work was rewarded with Fitri stepping up to become Site Lean Leader in PT GENTS.
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Energi Baru: Kiat GE Menerapkan ‘Lean’ Dan Mentransformasi Kota Kelahirannya
Schenectady di sisi sebelah utara New York telah mengalami masa kejayaan maupun kelesuan dalam 150 tahun terakhir. Namun, energi baru sedang memasuki kota ini.
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Year In Review: In 2020, Lean Management Was More Important Than Ever — And GE Leaned In
When Larry Culp joined GE as chairman and CEO in the fall of 2018, he brought along years of management expertise — and a specific prescription for turning the company around. Culp announced that GE would look to lean, the system of continuous improvement pioneered in Japan in the latter half of the 20th century, which has shown tremendous results in American business.
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Lean Management Bantu Pabrik Turbin Raksasa GE Temukan Mojonya
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New Energy: How GE Embraced ‘Lean’ And Reinvented Its Birthplace
Schenectady in upstate New York has seen its fair share of ups and downs in the past 150 years. But new energy is coming to town.
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The Lean Way: Culp Gives An Update On GE’s Lean Transformation
Perhaps the most important initiative Larry Culp announced when he joined GE as chairman and CEO was introducing the concept of lean management and putting it into action. Shortly following his second anniversary in the job, Culp delivered an update on lean, bringing his colleagues and select members of the media up to speed on how GE’s adoption of the management approach has progressed so far. From the get-go, he’s seen lean as a natural fit for GE. “I know of no other way to run a business than through lean principles,” he said.
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Being There: Q&A With Pat Byrne, GE’s Lean Transformation Leader
Pat Byrne first encountered lean management more than two decades ago and has since become an expert practitioner and believer in the power of its philosophy of continuous improvement. So much so that Byrne, CEO of GE Digital, also serves as vice president for lean transformation at GE, which placed lean at the core of its turnaround. “What I learned about lean is that it’s the ultimate engagement tool,” he says. “Lean is not a thing you do at the end of the month to fill out forms, you do it every day. It is a full-contact sport.
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Doing More With Less: Lean Management Is Helping GE Straighten Its Ship — And Navigate The COVID-19 Crisis
In the 1970s, a team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology traveled to Japan to figure out why that country’s automakers were delivering cars faster than their competitors in Detroit. Their search led them to Toyota and its Toyota Production System — a set of management principles focused on boosting safety, quality, and efficiency, reducing waste, and creating more value with fewer resources.
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Lean Management Is Driving GE’s Turnaround. It’s Also Helping During The COVID-19 Pandemic
Angie Norman is comfortable with uncertainty. As one of GE’s experts in lean management, it’s her specialty to crack complex problems in urgent need of a solution. So, when GE Healthcare needed to set up and attach accessories to thousands of medical monitors in record time to serve patients during the pandemic, she was exactly the right person for the job.
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No Time To Waste: GE Is Using Lean Management To Right Itself. When COVID-19 Struck, This Tool Delivered
When Thomas Edison received a patent in 1880 for his “system of electrical distribution,” it was only the latest in a line of inventions that had made the GE co-founder famous around the world. With powerful backers that included J.P. Morgan and other members of New York’s moneyed elite, he quickly used the patent to pitch the city on electrifying a portion of lower Manhattan and illuminating it with his bulbs.