Stephen Yorkstone
With: Edinburgh Napier University
Role: Senior Consultant
Steve enables continuous improvement in Edinburgh Napier University. He chairs Lean HE, the international organisation for continuous improvement in universities. He’s on the editorial board of the Operational Excellence Magazine, The LMJ. He co-designed the acclaimed Lean “St Andrews Model”, and authored “Lean Universities” in Routledge’s Companion to Lean Management.
Contact: Steve
How lean relates to other process improvement methods
While it originated in Japan’s car industry, lean has proved to be applicable to many different types of organisations. Edinburgh Napier’s Steve Yorkstone explains how lean is just one method of continuous improvement and the difference to alternatives are becoming less apparent.
What lean could mean for you
Do you develop a cold sweat whenever you hear the term “lean”? Our series of blogposts about lean methodology aims to change all, that starting with an introduction to the philosophy of lean by Edinburgh Napier’s Steve Yorkstone.
First class results delivered in exam logistics process improvement project
When Edinburgh Napier trialled streamlining the logistics around the production of exam papers they expected the changes would save some time for staff. But the benefits produced went further than that as Louise McElhone and Steve Yorkstone explain.
