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All companies solve problems for their customers every day. The tasks are often familiar, but they are also often new. Lean management is an approach that has been tried and tested for decades and can also be used by machine and plant manufacturers to make themselves fit for a successful future.

Expand your problem-solving competence with lean management and continuously improve yourself - not only in production.

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Resilience: successful despite crises and upheavals

It is difficult to do business with uncertainty or lack of knowledge. People, technology and organization are needed to become more resilient and thus remain competitive.

Lean management with plant tour at Koenig & Bauer (AT)

On October 16, 2024, 30 lean management experts met for the VDMA Austria's fourth lean experience exchange in Maria Enzersdorf, Lower Austria, at Koenig & Bauer (AT), the world market leader for banknote printing presses.

Sustainability as a new cornerstone of customer benefit

QTK - quality, time, cost: this triangle of customer benefit dimensions has defined the economy for generations. Sustainability now adds another corner - the square QTKN.

Even at Easter - don't hide any information

Hiding and searching for colorful eggs and chocolate at Easter is great fun for young and old. But when important information is hard to find, the fun in the company stops. A good flow of information is what counts.

A fool with a tool - tools itself do not solve anything

Tools are helpful if they are suitable for the task and have been tried and tested in use. Unsuitable tools or their improper use often cause damage - both at the workbench and in organizations.

Operational excellence in production - Digital & Lean

Digitalization and Industry 4.0 make many things seem easier and better, including improving processes in production. But this only becomes successful when viewed through the classic lens of lean management.

Tight or slack - sailing successfully through crises

A crisis shows which companies are capable of finding answers to difficult challenges. The means of leadership to choose from are: stringent instructions from individuals or the power of self-organised teams.

Abandoned at the bus stop

In the context of change, there is often talk of "picking people up" and "taking them along". But it would be important to "involve" everyone. With Lean Management, change can be even more successful.

The six monkeys of professional life

Say nothing, see nothing, hear nothing - we are all familiar with this image of the three wise monkeys. This phenomenon can be observed among all groups of people, even in companies. Since there is usually also a hierarchical order in companies, however, additional "monkeys" can be observed here. Lean Management helps to work together effectively and efficiently in spite of this.

Lean Management: Not only profitable in production!

Lean management complements agile methods perfectly. Especially for SMEs - also with batch size 1 - Lean offers exciting starting points. A report about errors and success factors.

What is Lean Management and how to foster Lean Thinking?

Beside basics of Lean Management and it's rarely told secrets the “Lean Management Compass” illustrates how also SMEs are able to continuously improve: by qualified and motivated people and their bright ideas.

Industrie 4.0 meets Lean Management

Merging Industrie 4.0 and Lean Management offers great potential for successfully developing companies. The VDMA Guideline is intended to support companies.

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The Round Table Flow Production of the VDMA will meet on July 10th, 2025 at the new location of Krauss Maffei Technologies GmbH. In addition to the focus on Krauss Maffei Technologies and the plant tour, the topic of resilience is expected to be on the agenda.

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VDMA Network Lean Management: Working Groups
VDMA offers the opportunity to expand and maintain your lean network. In addition to regional exchanges of experience, there are other working and expert groups, some of which are also supraregional.
VDMA Lean Assessment Tool
The "VDMA Lean Expert Group - Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg" created the comprehensive VDMA Lean assessment tool. For quick assessment tours, there is now a simplified onepager.
VDMA slide set "Kaizen workshops"
The 80-page slide set "Kaizen Workshops" provides a great deal of information on the background, preparation, implementation and follow-up of Kaizen workshops.
Helping people to help themselves - advice from the Lean Sparring partner
Could you be better somehow? Are things jamming and grinding between production, logistics, engineering, sales and administration? Then invite the VDMA's lean sparring partner to join you!
Questions, concerns, needs, requests or other wishes?
Do not hesitate to send inquiries to our Lean Management expert. Whether by phone, e-mail or video conference. VDMA is happy to support you anywhere in initiating improvements.
Lean Management Compass
The "Lean Management Compass" compactly summarizes the basics and secrets of lean management. It shows how even small and medium-sized companies can continuously improve.

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