A Toyota team applied the Toyota Production System in a Brazilian hospital to improve emergency care, reduce wasted motion, shorten waits, and make work easier for staff–showing TPS can improve healthcare systems, not just factories. When I was in Brazil recently (read more), one of the presenters at the Lean Six Sigma Conference was Bruno Kosima, pictured at left. He is the department chief of the Latin American / Caribbean group that teaches the Toyota … Continue reading How Toyota Helped a Hospital in Brazil Improve Care Using the Toyota Production System