Lean cost up to $49.6M from 2012-2014, study finds

An economic analysis shows Saskatchewan spent between $44 million and $49.6 million on Lean implementation in just two years.
The study, led by University of Saskatchewan economics professor Nazmi Sari, took into account not just the cost of the John Black and Associates (JBA) consulting contract, but the staff costs to hold lean events such as Rapid Improvement Process Workshops.
“You take these people away from their day-to-day activities. That generates an economic cost to the system, t