How to Join

How To Join

Candidate Affiliates must complete an application. After communicating with the LGN management team, a site visit will be scheduled, a recommendation will be made to the LGN Board, which will vote on the candidacy. To begin the process, please use the guidelines listed below, or write to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) for more details.

Proposal Guidelines:

Candidate organizations are required to provide information that will help the LGN Management Team and LGN Board understand and assess the organization’s:

  * PURPOSE: Target markets and audiences (current and evolving); role in developing lean leaders and building the lean community locally
  * PROCESS: Plans to develop and disseminate lean thinking in the four core areas; plans to use the web and other resources to create awareness and promote lean thinking
  * PEOPLE: Lean capabilities, knowledge, experience, and lean community networks of the management team; plans for governance, management, and operations

The candidate should address:

•  Candidate Organization Data:
Name (Identify both leader of organization and operations manager/primary POC if different)
Title
Department/Office
Institution (If currently affiliated with one)
Address
City
State/Province
Country
Zip
Phone
Cell Phone
Fax
Email

•  Candidate Organization Background:

  * Why do you want to become a member of the Lean Global Network?
  * General description of your organization and capabilities
  * Relationship to existing LGN affiliates and activities
  * Target audiences and market; alliances; and communications strategy
  * Status as a nonprofit organization
  * Connections within the Lean Community

•  Candidate Organization Governance and Leadership:

  * Executive Team / Leadership—CEO, COO, senior advisors, lean experts, etc. (provide names, responsibilities and brief bios that clearly indicate the management team’s lean experience and lean community networks)
  * Advisory / Oversight Board (if applicable)—names and roles played (strategy formulation, oversight, industry or academic connections, relationship to the lean community, etc.)
  * Organization Chart - including functions/activities of staff

•  Candidate Organization Lean Value Stream Core Activities:

  * Publications / Learning Materials / Translations (Plans, purpose, key people, role in overall business strategy)
  * Educational & Training Workshops and Materials (including public and in-company educational workshops and management seminars, role in overall business strategy)
  * Summits and Forums (identify proposed date, location, theme and keynotes for first Summit if known, role in overall business strategy)
  * Partnerships / Lean Research Programs (sponsors and in-company experiments and/or research into lean transformations, role in overall business strategy)

• Candidate Organization Budget and Finances

Affiliates must submit an audited financial report annually. Please describe:

  * How you prepare an annual financial report including information of your fiscal year
  * Expected revenue sources and projections for the first two years of operation - by lean activity area if possible
  * Projected costs
  * Dues to LGN in the first two years (3% of gross revenue is the expected contribution after start-up)