Jun 5 2012
Lean Thinking: Why Are Learning Organizations So Scarce?
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From Pascal Dennis, brief and to the point, as usual.
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Jun 3 2012
Insultants promote Lean in Malta – timeofmalta.com
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A series of training workshops addressed to “professionals […] in public service, manufacturing, utilities, and project management” culminates in a final event themed “Stupidity, a major obstacle to lean.”
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Jun 1 2012
Hospitals look to Toyota automaker for efficient operating rooms
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More about TPS in health care in Canada, this time about SMED applied to operating room turnarounds. This is not the first time manufacturing techniques cross over to surgery: 100 years ago, through motion studies in operating rooms, industrial engineers Frank and Lillian Gilbreth developed the method by which nurses make tools immediately available to surgeons.
“Surgeons are using Toyota management techniques to cut time between surgeries and halve overtime hours…”
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May 30 2012
Deploying an Automobile Manufacturing Process to Serve Patients Better
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On the face of it, lean manufacturing, which is used by Toyota and other major global companies, doesn’t seem to fit very well into the world of…
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Jun 8 2012
Kitchener manufacturing expert wins Queen’s medal – Waterloo Record
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