The Lean approach to process redesign can improve operating room turnover, Joan Ferrara, RN, clinical resource manager at Medline Industries, wrote in a Medline blog post. She shared five steps to ...

It is imperative to predict or at least know the quantified financial benefit of the Lean Journey. Often, firms can show improvement in terms of cycle times and setup times, but the expression and ...

From registration forms to nurses’ notes to bills, hospitals have a significant amount of data they can use to improve processes. Tracking data can be particularly useful when using Lean manufacturing ...

As an industry, the American healthcare system falls into three groups: those that embraced Lean principles early and persevered, those that tried and failed and quit, and those that are just waking ...

Barry Arbuckle wasn’t totally sold on the idea. Sure, lean philosophies worked in Japanese manufacturing companies, but he wasn’t building cars. Could those waste-reducing principles really organize ...

TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT, Pa. (March 26, 2014) -- Air Force aircraft maintenance mechanics recently teamed up with depot employees to standardize processes for work performed on a satellite communications ...

We quite often get calls, or find ourselves in a conversation where somebody is inevitably asking, “What’s the leanest way to lay out my factory”? This is always a delicate subject because it is ...

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We’ve seen many value stream maps (VSM) over the past 20 years, as it has become a common tool. In some companies it’s a first requirement before a lean effort begins. In other companies, value stream ...

In today's business environment, each department of an organization has to balance various important tasks with increasingly limited resources. For example, as the chief operating and financial ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- U.S. Army Special Operations Command is teaming up with Lean Six Sigma to provide an overall organizational culture change to reduce waste in the work place. Instead of making your ...

For almost every company or organization, continued growth isn’t just important, it’s essential. Without growth, profitability may decrease. Without growth, employee satisfaction and customer ...