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The Lean Global Network consists of a growing number of nonprofit or nongovernmental organizations throughout the world devoted to the promotion of lean thinking and the development of lean leaders.

Institut Lean France

Country
France
Language(s)
French
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Phone
+33 (0) 4 26 03 06 91
Mailing Address
Parc Technologique Metrotech - BP 40 004
42651 St Jean Bonnefonds cedex 1
France
Website
http://www.institut-lean-france.fr
Store
http://www.institut-lean-france.fr/catalogue.html
Education
http://www.institut-lean-france.fr/ged.php?login=vvv&catagenda=*263B178389DE97&pk_orga=9&pkcateg=91

Leadership

Gilbert Liégeois

Gilbert Liégeois, President

Gilbert Liégeois is the founder, chairman and President of the French Lean Institute, a non-profit organization disseminating lean practices to French manufacturers and various companies. ILF’s offices are located in Lyon.

For the past twenty years, this automation engineer and researcher was the General Delegate of the Pôle Productique Rhône-Alpes (PPRA), an association founded by the government and the Rhône Alpes region, to help businesses establish regional organizations and performance tools, including Lean Management and Supply Chain Management. From this institution, the French Lean Institute was created.

From 1978 to 1986, he was in charge of the “Industrial Automation Laboratory” of the INSA from Lyon. Then, he was for 4 years in charge of the “industrial automation-robotics” service at the Ministry of Research.

He graduated from the Esstin, holds a Master in Automation from Lyon 1 University and a doctorate in industrial automation.