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The Problem of Sustainability
I recently got a call from an old friend who led one of the first lean implementation efforts in healthcare…
Read article Dentist Drills Down to the Root Causes of Office Waste
Applying lean concepts to dentistry isn't as difficult as, well, pulling teeth. Dr. Sami Bahri, driven by a gut feeling…
Read article From Supply Chains to Value Streams
Fifteen years ago I first began to study lean supply chains, by observing Toyota’s inbound parts supply chain and later…
Read article Creating Lean Healthcare
Ten years ago this month I made a visit to the Mayo Clinic’s large medical complex in Rochester, Minnesota. I…
Read article Why Toyota Won and How Toyota Can Lose
Simon & Schuster has just re-issued The Machine That Changed the World, which Dan Jones, Dan Roos, and I co-authored…
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Lean Inroads Into Alabama Academia
Despite business’s declared need for graduates experienced with lean concepts, most colleges and universities offer only a lean module or…
View case study New Facility, New Flow, and New Levels of Patient Care The wait is over for patients at the Clearview Cancer Institute in Alabama
Dr. Marshall Schreeder treats cancer and treatment processes at the Clearview Cancer Institute in Alabama.
View case study Interview: Lean Software Development
Lean software practitioners Mary and Tom Poppendieck, authors of Lean Software Development, relate lean concepts to the practical work of…
Read article Little and Often
I still encounter a degree of confusion about one of the key mental models that gets in the way of…
Read article More Thinking About Lean Transformation
Recently we at the Lean Enterprise Institute have started a new research project trying to answer a simple question: “What…
Read article What I’ve Learned About Planning and Execution
By the time I founded the Lean Enterprise Institute in mid-1997, I had been thinking for years about how organizations…
Read article Asking Questions
It is always refreshing going to the gemba – actually walking a value stream all the way through an organisation.…
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