Tag: Kaizen

Video #11 features  Norman Bodek talking about some of the ideas in his most recent book, How to do Kaizen: A new path to...

Forgive me if some Texas pride comes through in this post, as well as some former-client pride. The clinical laboratory team at Children's Medical...

Mark's note: Today's post is from a regular guest blogger and a friend of mine, Dan Markovitz - his regular blog can be found...

Mark's note: I consider myself very fortunate to have met Patrick Anderson during my journeys in the Lean world. Patrick is the executive director...

Mark's note: Today's vacation guest post is from D. Mark Jackson, a lawyer who has been studying and embracing Lean principles in a California...

This linked article ("Lean cuts Healthcare Costs at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle") summarizes improvements and Lean methods at Seattle's Virginia Mason Medical Center...

Something Lean is in the water in Wisconsin, as that state is one of the hotbeds of Lean healthcare. There's, of course, the ThedaCare...

I'm sitting here on a Sunday morning, drinking a cup of coffee I made at home with bottled water. Why bottled water? Because of...

I'm blogging notes and thoughts as I watch the Discovery Channel documentary by actor Dennis Quaid and others --   "Chasing Zero: Winning the...

In an article ("Assembly required: Health care from the Toyota factory floor") from Canada's National Post newspaper says Lean healthcare is "taking Canadian healthcare...

Recently, I was able to visit VIBCO, a Lean manufacturing company in Rhode Island. Company President Karl Wadensten is the host of "The Lean...

I have been a big fan of the author Daniel Pink since I heard about his most recent book Drive: The Surprising Truth About...