Mar 14 2013
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LinkedIn’s Lean groups currently host several discussions about the cultural dimension of change in organizations in general, and Lean implementation in particular. This topic attracts many comments,
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Mar 14 2013
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“Sometimes, I can’t believe it – within the past 2 weeks, I was at 2 plants in Switzerland and Germany, that have both tried to introduce Lean for a year and a half, using Point Kaizens in the whole company, and failed mercilessly…”
This is Bodo Wiegand’s monthly newsletter. It is in German. In the past, I have provided complete translations of some of his letters and may do so again if there is popular demand.
In the meantime, if you cannot read German, you can use Google translate to get the gist of what he is saying.
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Mar 12 2013
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“Progress isn’t made by early risers. It’s made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.” – Robert Heinlein, American science fiction writer (July 7, 1907
With “kaizen,” the Japanese word meaning “change for the better” (and an improvement methodology), it often seems like a fine line between “lazy” and “efficient.”
The word “lazy,” has negative connotations, while “efficient” is positive. But one of the primary directions in the kaizen approach is to make improvements that make your own work easier.
In healthcare, making ones work easier might translate into rearranging supplies to reduce the amount of walking required. This frees up more time for patient care, which leads to better quality outcomes and shorter hospital stays – meaning a cost savings. So is “laziness” really that bad if applied in a good way?…
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Mar 1 2013
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Is production pacing oppressive or can it promote joy? Dr. Jeffrey Liker examines this lean manufacturing principle through two stories from a lean journey.
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Mar 1 2013
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TEAMwork is St. Luke’s application of lean principles. It’s our management operating system. TEAMwork stands for timely, effective, accountable, measureable work. And it’s making its way through St. Luke’s Health System as we gain on our Triple Aim of better health, better care, and lower costs.
Starting last summer, SLIM embarked on a top-to-bottom examination of how it conducted its work. They wanted to eliminate waste by tapping into the potential and knowledge of every member of the clinic team and build a culture of continuous improvement.
The improvements described are all about supplies and the handling of patients by nurses and administrative staff.
There is not a word about any changes to the work of doctors themselves or involvement by doctors in the improvement process. What form might that take? I don’t know, but, the last industrial engineers to work on health care before Lean were Frank and Lillian Gilbreth 100 years ago, and their focus was the work of surgeons inside operating rooms, not patient handling before and after they see a doctor.
The result of their work was the now standard mode of operation in which the surgeon calls for tools that are handed to him by nurses. It seems hard to believe today but, earlier, surgeons would actually leave patients to fetch tools.
Following in the Gilbreths’ footsteps today would mean for Lean Health Care to get involved with the core of the activity: what doctors do with patients.
In manufacturing, successful Lean implementations start with the work of production on the shop floor, not with the logistics upstream and downstream from production. First you worry about line layout, work station design, and the jobs of production operators. Then you move on to keeping them supplied and shipping their output.
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Mar 16 2013
Windsor Chrysler workers reduce waste to be world class | Windsor Star (blog)
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World Class Manufacturing, Fiat’s version of lean manufacturing, would become Chrysler’s way of doing business.
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