Tag: Canada
Lean Methods for Aerospace and Healthcare in Ontario
Article - How Toyota builds carsHere's an article from Canada about how Toyota (an automaker) manages to be influential to Bombardier (maker of planes)...
Lean at Windsor’s Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital
Here is a video from Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital (HDGH) in Windsor, Ontario Canada about their Lean effort, the video is part of their main...
USA Today Features Lean in Hospitals
Hospital CEOs manage staff time, inventory to cut costs - USATODAY.com
It's nice to see a major publication covering Lean and, especially, Lean in healthcare....
Report: Toyota to Shut NUMMI in March
Toyota to end output at GM jv plant in March: report | ReutersThe WSJ reports that Toyota is going to decide by the end...
"Dead by Mistake" Report Hits the News
As I had alluded to the other day, there was a huge investigative piece that ran across the country Sunday in the Hearst Newspapers....
Behind the Numbers: A Startling Look at Healthcare Quality, Patient Safety,...
In this post, Mark compiles a range of eye-opening statistics about healthcare quality, patient safety, and medical errors. Acting as a repository of data,...
Article about Lean in Canadian Cataract Surgery and More
A clear vision for better health care - The Globe and MailThis is an article about Lean improvements in the British Columbia health system,...
Nice Lean Healthcare Overview in Healthcare Journal
Leading Lean: A Canadian Healthcare Leader's Guide :: Vol. 12 No. 3 2009 :: Healthcare Quarterly :: Longwoods PublishingToday, I'll share a link I've...
Great Op-Ed from Paul O’Neill on REALLY Improving Healthcare
Op-Ed Contributor - Health Care's Infectious Losses - NYTimes.com
FINALLY, a major contribution to the discussion about how we need to improve the quality of...
NY Times Says Toyota To Get Leaner, Um, More Lean? Super...
Toyota Is Tightening Its Belt - NYTimes.comThe words don't appear directly in the article, but the RSS blurb for this article (repeated in many...
Toyota’s Buyouts and New Leadership
Taking the Wheel as Toyota Skids - NYTimes.comToyota's Cost Cutting Plan to Include Buyouts for Factory WorkersToyota famously has avoided layoffs of permanent employees...
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