“Adopting and Adapting” TPS to the Raymond Lean Management System
My guest for Episode #390 is Keith Ingels, the TPS (Toyota Production System) Manager for Raymond Corporation…
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How a Hospital in Malaysia Solved That Emergency Room Visibility Problem (And…
I saw this recent article from Malaysia:
LEAN Healthcare: Reducing patient waiting times, one small step at a…
Toyota Helps Another Dallas-Area Hospital: The Parkland Emergency Department
Here is the headline from the Dallas Morning News: "How Toyota improved Parkland Hospital's ER -- with purple…
[Updated] Texas Rangers’ 3B Adrian Beltre Ejected for 5S or Standardized…
Update: See the end of the post with some photos I took at the game yesterday where Beltre got his 3000th career…
Signs, Signs, Everywhere Signs!
In this post, Paul Critchley writes about signs not being a good solution to most problems. Does posting a sign…
Visuals vs. Visual Management, Revisited with More Examples
Are "visuals" and "visual management" the same thing? Are "visuals" always Lean, necessarily? In this post, I talk…
Contest: Win a Set of #Lean & #PatientSafety Books Plus Some StoreSMART…
StoreSMART, a Rochester, New York-based manufacturer and retailer, has been an advertiser on this blog for over six…
Free Download: Process Tracking Letters for Lean Daily Management Boards
I want to thank StoreSMART for continuing to be an advertiser here on the blog for another three months. Check out…
Information Deficits, Visual Indicators, Error Proofing, and Payment Terminals
Gwendolyn Galsworth is a leading thinker and author on Lean and various aspects of "visuality." One thing she talks…
Guest Post: Is Your Organization Practicing “Unlean Lean”?
Mark's note: Today's post is something that Drew Locher originally published in his email newsletter (sign up…
Cleveland Clinic Improvement Model, Part 1: Alignment & Visual Management
Back in November, I had a chance to meet Nate Hurle, from Cleveland Clinic, as he was giving a presentation…
The Ergonomics of Compliance
Many industries face the compliance conundrum. The compliance conundrum occurs when staying in regulatory…
Moving from “Visuals” to “Visual Management” and to…
I've been studying and working with Lean for 20 years now and I love Lean because I'm still learning and getting…
Helpful Visuals for an International Flight, a Hospital, or a Dentist
My wife and I are getting ready to leave tomorrow night for a two week vacation, so it jogged my memory about this…
How this Kaizen Prevents New Moms From Feeling Like They’re Being…
I wanted to share a recent Kaizen improvement story that I heard from a hospital.
Great things can happen when…
What Does #Lean Flow Look Like in Healthcare? Check Out These Two Videos
It's easy for people to think that Lean is about cost-cutting. That would be wrong, but many people associate Lean…
Digital Pathology Software Company PathXL on Their Journey to Becoming a Lean…
Mark's Note: Today's post is a guest post by Nial Toner, who works for PathXL in the UK. I thought this was an…
Service and Quality Start with Who?
A Lean thinking friend's wife had emergency surgery (she is going to be fine) and my friend sent some pictures of…