Comments on: Dr. Berwick and Lean in Business Week http://www.leanblog.org/2009/01/dr-berwick-and-lean-in-business-week/ Mark Graban's leanblog.org - Lean Healthcare, Lean Thinking, Lean Manufacturing, Toyota Production System Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:59:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dr. Don Berwick, Supporter of Lean Healthcare, to be New Obama Appointee — Lean Blog http://www.leanblog.org/2009/01/dr-berwick-and-lean-in-business-week/#comment-9300 Dr. Don Berwick, Supporter of Lean Healthcare, to be New Obama Appointee — Lean Blog Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:02:38 +0000 http://leanblog.bigbigdesign.net/2009/01/dr-berwick-and-lean-in-business-week/#comment-9300 [...] reduction puzzle. Here is an article from BusinessWeek, with a video, with Dr. Berwick (something I shared on my blog previously). You can also click the “Berwick” link at the bottom of the post or see the related [...] [...] reduction puzzle. Here is an article from BusinessWeek, with a video, with Dr. Berwick (something I shared on my blog previously). You can also click the “Berwick” link at the bottom of the post or see the related [...]

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]]> By: Mark Graban http://www.leanblog.org/2009/01/dr-berwick-and-lean-in-business-week/#comment-4330 Mark Graban Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:40:00 +0000 http://leanblog.bigbigdesign.net/2009/01/dr-berwick-and-lean-in-business-week/#comment-4330 Great point, Andy. Airports aren't nearly as level loaded as they COULD be, but they are waaaaay more level loaded than the typical hopsital's discharge process! Great point, Andy. Airports aren’t nearly as level loaded as they COULD be, but they are waaaaay more level loaded than the typical hopsital’s discharge process!

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]]> By: Andy Wagner http://www.leanblog.org/2009/01/dr-berwick-and-lean-in-business-week/#comment-4329 Andy Wagner Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:38:00 +0000 http://leanblog.bigbigdesign.net/2009/01/dr-berwick-and-lean-in-business-week/#comment-4329 Mark,<br/>Curious that you should choose airports as your example, considering how much trouble they have level loading in this way.<br/>The hub and spoke system, colossal example of batch-and-queue waste if there ever was one, means airlines are trying to bring in and ship out thousands of passengers and planes during a relatively short period. Think about every lay-over you've had that's less than 90-minutes and greater than 45-minutes, no matter the origin and destination? <br/>Airports that are truly crowded, like Heathrow are experimenting with off-hour pricing to incentivize use of take-off and landing slots at non-peak times, but the airlines are fighting it since it doesn't meet their existing business model.<br/>In my view, somebody could make a killing flying passengers direct and getting deals on non-peak runway slots. Mark,
Curious that you should choose airports as your example, considering how much trouble they have level loading in this way.
The hub and spoke system, colossal example of batch-and-queue waste if there ever was one, means airlines are trying to bring in and ship out thousands of passengers and planes during a relatively short period. Think about every lay-over you’ve had that’s less than 90-minutes and greater than 45-minutes, no matter the origin and destination?
Airports that are truly crowded, like Heathrow are experimenting with off-hour pricing to incentivize use of take-off and landing slots at non-peak times, but the airlines are fighting it since it doesn’t meet their existing business model.
In my view, somebody could make a killing flying passengers direct and getting deals on non-peak runway slots.

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