LEC was established in 2005 by Dr. Marcus Chao to promote and educate Lean Thinking in China. Our office is located in Shanghai.
Our Missions：
- Establish a Lean knowledge platform to promote and educate Lean Thinking in Greater China
- Help companies implement lean transformation
- Support Government and NGO to apply Lean Thinking to feedback society, and develop future lean leadership in China
Our Specialty and Advantage：
- Network with global resources to provide advanced lean knowledge and applications in China
- A team of Chinese lean practitioners with local and international business experiences
- Provide lean training and workshops to help companies for lean transformation
- Learning and sharing from each other
- A not-for- profit organization
Our Services：
- LEC Global Summit：A two-day conference for learning and sharing lean implementation cases in China
- LEC Book Store, books in Chinese and English：
- Concept and introduction:
- One Lean Day
- Kaizen Express
- Lean tools
- Lean Lexicon
- Learning To See
- Creating Continuous Flow
- Making Material Flow
- Creating Level Pull
- Seeing The Whole
- Building a Lean Fulfillment System
- Lean management:
- The Gold Mine
- Lean Manager
- Lead with Respect
- Managing to Learn
- Gemba Walks
- Getting the Right Things Done
- Functional implementation：
- On the Mend
- Perfecting Patient Journeys
- Toyota Product Development System
- Lean Product & Process Development
- Lean Implementation in China
- Lean Implementation in China II
- Lean Solutions
- Study of TOYOTA Production System from Industrial Engineering Viewpoint
- Electronic Courses: Five subjects in 12 units including introduction of Lean Thinking, Standardized Work, Visual Control and 5S, VSM, and TPM.
- Concept and introduction:
- Provide “Lean Leadership†workshop and consultation to help enterprises in lean transformation
- Lean Workshops – customize workshops per clients’ requirements
- LEC Website and Wechat –a public knowledge platform for learning
