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Book Review: On the Mend0
- Book Review
- August 9, 2010
While I am not a Lean Healthcare professional per say I am a Lean professional that has worked in various aspects of healthcare. My experience varies from the patient floor, to the ER and OR, to long term care, to psychiatric ward and a few things in between. Most of my family are healthcare professionals
READ MORELean Quote: Get it Right or Can’t Get it Wrong0
- Lean Quote
- August 6, 2010
On Fridays I will post a Lean related Quote. Throughout our lifetimes many people touch our lives and leave us with words of wisdom. These can both be a source of new learning and also a point to pause and reflect upon lessons we have learned. Within Lean active learning is an important aspect on
READ MORENew Feature: Daily Lean Tips0
- A Lean Journey, Lean Tips
- August 5, 2010
For my Facebook fans you have probably already seen this. But for those of you that are not connected to A Lean Journey on Facebook or Twitter I started a new feature which I call Lean Tips. It is meant to be advice, things I learned from experience, and some knowledge tidbits about Lean to
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The Emotion™ Roadmap: A Proactive Change Management Tool0
- Book Review, Lean Management
- August 4, 2010
In the last few months I have had the pleasure to get to know Shingo Prize Winning author Mark Hamel. As it turns out Mark and I share a number of things in common like living near each other, working for the same past employer, members of the same fraternity (and that of Jamie Flinchbaugh),
READ MOREEffective Information Visualization0
- Visual Factory
- August 3, 2010
With today’s technology we are swimming in data. But this data can be useless if we are not able to react to it. Information needs to be displayed in an easy to interpret manner. In a previous post I talked about the visualization techniques of Matthias Shapiro in terms of current events. Now he walks us through the visualization
READ MORELean Quote: The Impossible is Untried0
- Lean Quote
- July 30, 2010
On Fridays I will post a Lean related Quote. Throughout our lifetimes many people touch our lives and leave us with words of wisdom. These can both be a source of new learning and also a point to pause and reflect upon lessons we have learned. Within Lean active learning is an important aspect on
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Book Review: Clinical 5S for Healthcare0
- Book Review
- July 28, 2010
I recently had the opportunity to review the latest publication by ENNA called “Clinical 5S for Healthcare.” This book is authored by Akio Takahara, a leading expert on Lean Healthcare and 5S for the medical field. The book opens by explaining one of the critical challenges that face hospitals is the chronic occurrence of accidents.
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Reducing Wasted Motion Really Pays Off0
- Lean Definition, Lean in Practice
- July 27, 2010
Eliminating wasted motion is an essential element of Lean manufacturing. Wasted motion is one of the seven (or eight, depending your school of thought) dealy wastes. It refers to any unnecessary time and effort required to assemble a product. Excessive twists or turns, uncomfortable reaches or pickups, and unnecessary walking all contribute to wasted motion and may put error
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The Characteristics of a Lean Enterprise0
- Lean Definition
- July 26, 2010
While Lean can be beneficially applied to any process within an organization, its greatest benefit comes when it is applied across the enterprise. In The Machine That Changed the World in 1990, Jim Womack, et al., emphasized “that Lean thinking can be applied by any company anywhere in the world but that the full power
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