Daily Archives: November 7, 2005

Lean Hospitals

Hospitals Turning Into Lean Machines by Megan Myers (broken link removed): The push toward adopting more efficient strategies in health care largely stems from a crucial need to reduce health care costs. In 2002, health care expenditures in the United … Continue reading

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Communication Failures Impact Quality

Outsourcing Communication Impacts Quality [the broken link was removed] by Kevin Meyer: She immediately knew what I was talking about, and said that it has been a problem for about six months. The margin at the bottom of the statement … Continue reading

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Lean Manufacturing: The 3rd Generation

Lean Manufacturing: The 3rd Generation [the broken link was removed] by David Drickhamer: A Toyota executive recently attributed the company’s long-term success to “brilliant process management.” Such processes are everywhere in business, including office and administrative work, areas where Toyota … Continue reading

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