Tag: LAME

When 5S Goes Wrong: A Hilarious (and Cringe-worthy) Office Fiasco Caught...

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You might also have seen the first video animation that I did last week about the waste of getting new recycling bins. I've created a new video that shows what a "bad office 5S" scene might look like... something that's "L.A.M.E." not Lean.

My Essay in Naida Grunden’s New Book on Lean Design –...

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I'm in Las Vegas, speaking today to close the Lean Healthcare PowerDay event. There are many great speakers, including Dr. Richard Shannon, Dr. David...

Guest Post: Lean is Patient

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Mark's Note: Today is another excellent post by Christina Kach. She touches on many of the misunderstandings of miscommunications about Lean in this post...

The Positive Trend of “Lean Design” of the Space & Processes...

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It's been nice to see the "lean design" approach taking hold in healthcare over the past few years. I think the first book on...

Lean Healthcare “Success” Without Benefits? What?

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I saw the following in a submission for a session at the 2012 Society for Health Systems conference, where I'm the Lean track chair. One...

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...

Two Cases of Writers Misrepresenting Lean Manufacturing

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One of the variations of my acronym L.A.M.E. is "Lean As Misguidedly Explained," and I recently ran across two fresh instances of this (and,...

GM Blames Layoffs on the Japan Earthquake and JIT; Should Instead...

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Here is a sad article with the headline"General Motors lays off workers at NY plant." This is an addition to earlier Shreveport layoffs. The media...

How to Make Oatmeal (or Lean)… Wrong

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Is oatmeal good for you? It generally is.... well, unless it isn't. Oatmeal can lower your cholesterol, is full of whole grains, and on...

St. Louis Paper Features Lean at Barnes-Jewish Hospital

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Just before the new year, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch featured the Lean efforts at Barnes-Jewish Hospital ("St. Louis hospital among handful using efficiency to...

Why Nurses Should Reject “LAME” and Demand Lean

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There's a long-standing argument that I've been dragged into with a group that calls itself "new systems thinkers." They loudly criticize Lean as being...

From Workshop Discussion at LEI – What Lean Is and What...

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The last two days, I've been facilitating my LEI workshop called "Key Concepts of Lean in Healthcare." We had a great group and had a...