Comments on: Local Lean Groups? http://www.leanblog.org/2005/10/local-lean-groups/ Mark Graban's leanblog.org - Lean Healthcare, Lean Thinking, Lean Manufacturing, Toyota Production System Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:40:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hospitals Learning from Hospitals — Lean Blog http://www.leanblog.org/2005/10/local-lean-groups/#comment-22962 Hospitals Learning from Hospitals — Lean Blog Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:53:03 +0000 http://leanblog.bigbigdesign.net/2005/10/local-lean-groups/#comment-22962 [...] Can hospitals do more to share best practices and good ideas? Of course. There’s such an opportunity for the manufacturing world to do the same thing, especially in non-competing cases. Does your town have an organization of local manufacturers who help each other out? Or, are you hung up on the idea that only people inside your sub-industry and market can help you? You’d be surprised how much a shoe manufacturer might be able to help a company that makes tubing. Having fresh eyes and new perspectives can help. Maybe you can try an exchange with a neighbor in your industrial park? Walk each others’ processes and see what questions come up. I’ve written before about a local Lean group I was a part of when I lived in Phoenix. [...] [...] Can hospitals do more to share best practices and good ideas? Of course. There’s such an opportunity for the manufacturing world to do the same thing, especially in non-competing cases. Does your town have an organization of local manufacturers who help each other out? Or, are you hung up on the idea that only people inside your sub-industry and market can help you? You’d be surprised how much a shoe manufacturer might be able to help a company that makes tubing. Having fresh eyes and new perspectives can help. Maybe you can try an exchange with a neighbor in your industrial park? Walk each others’ processes and see what questions come up. I’ve written before about a local Lean group I was a part of when I lived in Phoenix. [...]

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]]> By: Viking for Open Source http://www.leanblog.org/2005/10/local-lean-groups/#comment-1392 Viking for Open Source Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:36:00 +0000 http://leanblog.bigbigdesign.net/2005/10/local-lean-groups/#comment-1392 I would like to know more about this group as I am in Phoenix and have not heard of this yet. I would like to know more about this group as I am in Phoenix and have not heard of this yet.

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