The Informed Patient – WSJ.com Here’s an article ($$) about hospitals working to prevent bedsores or “pressure ulcers” as they are called. I didn’t get around to blogging about this more fully, but it was in the news recently that…
FTD.de – Business English – Business English – I’ve found the worst employee handbook ever The title of this post comes with apologies to Comic Book Guy. This post isn’t about Lean or even about manufacturing, but as much as…
Medical treatment takes ‘lean’ tack Here’s a great Lean healthcare overview, a news story that appeared in the Chicago Tribune last month about a hospital in Illinois (the above link). Lots of great data and examples in there about the…
By Bryan Lund, guest contributor to the Lean Blog: I posted the following question on LinkedIn.com as Mark noted in a previous blog entry: “How important is the past in learning about how to handle the future? Specifically…I think that…
Monday is Labor Day, a holiday in the United States. Since one of the main pillars of the Toyota Production System is “respect for people,” let’s revisit previous Lean Blog posts that focus on that concept (click on the “Respect…
Here is another look at the “lean obstacles” survey questions, again breaking it down by some key demographic factors (more details here). Looking first at the split between Private and Public companies, there don’t appear to be any major disparities…
How Boeing Got Going – TIME Evolving Excellence’s Kevin Meyer will comment on this after his vacation, I’m sure (read his other Boeing comments starting here). There’s a piece in Time Magazine and it makes a very misguided reference to…
Patients get appointments for Botox faster than for moles: study You might expect that a doctor’s office either takes appointments in terms of: FIFO (first into the queue, first out — first called, first seen) OR Triage priority (more serious…
Review by Andy Wagner: Name of the Book: Boeing Versus Airbus: The Inside Story of the Greatest International Competition in Business Author: John Newhouse Publication Date: 2007 Book Description: Boeing Versus Airbus is not exactly a lean book, but it…
Three questions for my readers: How does the Lean Blog (and Podcast) help with your understanding of Lean concepts and implementation? Have the Blog or Podcast had an impact on you or your organization? What specific posts stand out to…
I took another look at the “lean obstacles” survey questions, but this time breaking it down by some key demographic factors (more details here): Public vs. Private Company Revenue Organizational Level Again, I wish had the n=2000+ sample size of…
TWI Summit – Website It really looks like a powerhouse lineup they are starting to form for the 2008 Training Within Industry conference in Orlando, to be held next May. Speakers will include: Art Smalley David Meier Alan Robinson They…