St Andrews Lean Consulting

17/03/2025

GenAi and the 8 Wastes

GenAi and the 8 Wastes? Today, I attended a workshop where Marcel Lukas, Director of Executive Education at the University of St Andrews, spoke on how GenAi

17/03/2025

Lean training in Florence (Not the one in Italy)

Last week I headed back to Florence, AL, USA, to the University of North Alabama, to the Agile Strategy Lab, where I delivered two two-day Lean training

22/06/2024

We have a new website! Why? Where? Because, and here …

Yes, welcome to our new website. All in the name of Continuous Improvement of course. As you will see, it’s the same URL, with slightly different content. The

30/05/2023

Teacher strikes and Lean process improvement - what's the connection? Check out out blog at

I am in full support of the current round of teacher strikes. As a primary school teacher and educational leader of over 20 years expererince, it is no surprise to me at all that The Guardian recently ran an article stating that a third of England’s teachers who qualified in the last decade have ...

30/05/2023

Ever had trouble buying a handbag? You think it should be easier? Check out our blog at

I’m talking here about any step or activity in a process that consumes resources but adds no value from the perspective of those involved in the process, including the customer of whatever the process produces.

30/05/2023

Last week, in conjunction with Becoming Productive International (https://www.becoming-productive.com) and via the magic of Zoom, I delivered 20 one-hour sessions of ‘Improve your processes using Lean’ as part of Malaysia’s National Training week, https://nationaltrainingweek.gov.my. I met some fantastic people, was asked lots of tough questions, and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience, even if it meant, for seven mornings in a row, getting out of bed very early in the morning. Ah, time zones.

19/09/2022

Working on three levels?

Read what guest blogger Chris Shannon, University of Queensland, has this to say about working on three levels ...

https://www.standrewslean.com/blog/working-on-three-levels

22/10/2021

Questions are key when applying Lean in your personal, business or education life. Do you want to know what the top 5 questions are during an improvement event?

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11/10/2021

We love making work fun! Check out our latest blog for a fun teamwork game.

https://www.standrewslean.com/blog/the-boat-game

29/09/2021

Our courses (Lean Fundamentals & Lean Project Simulation) are now live! Click here to book your spot now! https://buff.ly/3ud2uPn

27/09/2021

Today we are sharing with you a review of our services within the University of St Andrews retail store. If you want to find out more about how our services could help you, send us a message!

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24/09/2021

Today we are sharing with you the three sources of loss which can reduce the quality of your company’s performance.

If you are interested in finding out more about how St Andrews Lean Consulting can help your company from experiencing these losses. Send us a message!

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