Archive for August, 2008
Attention: We Can Stop Making The Same Mistake Now
Having now recognized the importance of the “Respect for People” principle in Lean management, the Lean community is now more focused than ever on trying to change senior managers’ behaviors. However, efforts to change their behaviors in support of new, progressive management practices has, for several decades, largely fallen flat. Knowing this fact should motivate [...]
Lean Hospitals
Drawing on his years of working with hospitals, Mark Graban explains why and how lean can be used to improve safety, quality, and efficiency in a healthcare setting. After highlighting the benefits of lean methods for patients, employees, physicians, and the hospital itself, he explains how lean manufacturing staples such as Value Stream Mapping and [...]
