CUSTOM LEAN SYSTEMS
Helping organizations learn how to improve
Who I am
My name is Eduardo Lander and I do Lean and Kata.
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I first became interested in Lean at Cornell University in 1993 and have been studying it ever since. As a plant manager, learning from books and through trial and error; as a Doctor of Engineering student under Jeff Liker at the University of Michigan; from inside Toyota, working in the Chief Engineer function at Toyota Motor Europe; and as a consultant, mostly working with organizations dealing with high variability.
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At the University of Michigan I was also fortunate to meet Mike Rother. Since 2013 I've been using his Toyota Kata to help people develop scientific thinking as they improve their processes.
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I am the founder of Custom Lean Systems and a founding partner of Dobilo.
What we do
The short version:
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We support organizations as they strive to achieve their goals using Lean and Kata to improve their processes and develop their people.
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The medium version:
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Click here.
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The long version:
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Check out our books!
They follow the evolution of Lean and Kata at Zingerman's Mail Order, going in detail into what we have done and how. They should give you a clear image of what we do.