Reader Question: Determining & Meeting Hospital Department Demand Mark Graban Feb 18, 2014 4 Blog Here is another question emailed to me by a reader, so I'm answering it here (with the reader's permission and…
Preview of My #LeanStartup Conference Talk – Engaging Your Team in… Mark Graban Dec 9, 2013 7 Blog Today and tomorrow, I'm attending the Lean Startup conference in San Francisco (the event produced by Eric Ries,…
Lean at the Peterborough (Ontario) Regional Medical Centre Mark Graban Jun 13, 2012 9 Blog Ontario's Peterborough Regional Medical Centre is about 18 months into their Lean transformation. They are being…
Radiology Patient Flow Improvement Using Lean at a German Hospital Mark Graban Sep 20, 2011 1 Blog This is the first Lean article or case study I recall seeing about a German hospital: "JACR: Lean Six Sigma…
A Few Random Links – Oct 22 2010 Mark Graban Oct 22, 2010 0 Blog It's time for a Lean Blog feature where I throw a few links at you - articles I've saved and read that maybe don't…
Reader Question: Asset Optimizers and Point Optimizers Mark Graban Sep 30, 2010 1 Blog It's time for another in my Reader Questions series, this question comes from Brian via email. If you have a…
Another Hospital CEO Talks Lean Culture Mark Graban Aug 6, 2010 1 Blog Here's a great article with a number of quotes from William Considine, the CEO of Akron Children's Hospital in…
It’s not “lean” to wait 150 days for an MRI Mark Graban Jan 19, 2010 12 Blog This news story, "Ottawa Hospital seeks fourth MRI machine," from Ottawa describes an unfortunate situation…
Kaizen and Theory of Constraints Mark Graban Mar 25, 2008 7 Blog I got a question from a reader and Theory of Constraints fan: "One of the topics that I'm struggling with…