Is lean its own worst enemy?
If you are a regular peruser of LMJ’s news page, or spend some time on news sites, you’ll have noticed a recurring trend: that of opposition to impleme…
Tag: healthcare
Don’t tell them it’s lean and you’ll get away with it
This article describes how the improvement process was implemented and by relating it to lean philosophy and methods attempts to conclude as to why the…
Redesigning healthcare processes from Google
Toyota makes cars. Google makes connections. Toyota takes a set of raw materials and transforms them into a product people buy. Google takes the inform…
Using 5S and visual management techniques to improve productivity
Brian Belpanno is the industrial engineer for the Cohen Children’s Medical Centre in Long Island, New York State and Christopher A. Pinna is a certifie…
Lean leaders: developing people in the developing world
Michael Grogan is a chemical engineer by trade who has worked in the UK, he is also a LSS black belt. He has been based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania for …
Better care starts at the top
In late 2007, St. Boniface Hospital’s executive team recommended a bold, yet simple lean transformation strategy to our board of directors – quality is…