Tag: Six Sigma

Problems like This Should be the Focus of “Lean Government”

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The "Strong America Now" initiative has proposed there are opportunities to save $500 BILLION  a year from our U.S. federal government budget by using...

Radiology Patient Flow Improvement Using Lean at a German Hospital

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This is the first Lean article or case study I recall seeing about a German hospital: "JACR: Lean Six Sigma increases MRI productivity." The...

Dear “Lean Six Sigma” Crowd – Lean is About Quality, Too

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First off, I'm not trying to dredge up a "Lean vs. Six Sigma" battle here. I'm not "anti-Six Sigma." I'm not a huge proponent...

Video Presentation on Reducing Healthcare Waste & Improving Care

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Last week, I posted a podcast with Mike George, founder of Strong America Now, an organization that is promoting Lean and Six Sigma methods...

Podcast #125 – Mike George on Lean Six Sigma for Government...

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Listen: My guest for Podcast #125 is Mike George, the founder of Strong America Now, a "nonprofit organization dedicated to mobilizing and educating citizens to...

Dr. Mrinalini Gadkari on the Ohio State Healthcare MBOE Program –...

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Listen: Today's episode is a discussion with Mrinalini Gadkari, a Senior Lecturer at the Fisher College of Business. Today, we're talking about the new  Master...

Newt Endorses Lean & Six Sigma for Government; Staff Quits on...

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I met Newt Gingrich at the Ontario Hospital Association conference in late 2009, as I blogged about here: "Meeting Newt Gingrich, a Lean Champion." Yesterday...

Memorial Day Thanks & Links to Lean in the Military

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I know about 35% of you are reading from outside of the United States, but it is a national holiday here today, Memorial Day....

Podcast #118 – Jim Womack on GM, Toyota & Lean Six...

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Episode #118 is a follow-up to podcast #116 with  Jim Womack, founder and former Chairman of the Lean Enterprise Institute, now their Senior Advisor...

Fox News Channel Understands “Lean” Better than the WSJ

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On Friday, there was yet another Wall Street Journal article about Lean (fixating as they always do on the "Just In Time" component). The...

Funny Six Sigma Parody Site: ISSISSIPPI.org

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I stumbled across this site a few week ago and would have shared it for April Fools' Day if I hadn't presented a joke...

Guest Post: Continuous Improvement’s Continuous Mistakes

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Mark's Note: Today's guest post is from Dan Feliciano (@DanFeliciano on Twitter), a lean six sigma professional and former candidate for Governor of Vermont. I...