In addition to the explosive growth of Lean in the healthcare sector, Lean is also being adopted at a fast rate within finance organization or within
Kaizen Training
John Wooden shares with us the spirit and approach of Kaizen - Kaizen Training. This way of doing things requires small improvements everyday and that
Pareto in the Wild: Emergency Room Statistics – Visits by Race
Medical Market Research and what it can tell us, such as emergency room statistics, is a very interesting topic because it is a topic for which we can
Lean A3 Examples in Healthcare – Lean for Haiti
Russell Maroni, a Lean Six Sigma leader at The Akron Children's Hospital Center of Operations Excellence (COE), had the opportunity to spend much time
Lean Logistics Management – Reduce Supply Chain Complexity
In a recent newsletter from Inbound Logistics, the author provides some practical tips to reducing logistics costs, one of the largest costs areas in
Lean Manufacturing Certification – Questions and Answers
This is a hotly debated topic within lean circles. In this post, I thought I'd jump in the fire and provide my opinion on the topic. In this article,
Lean for Office Processes
In a recent thread on the Toyota Alumni page on Linkedin (you must be an Alumni of Toyota to join and read the thread), there was a question on
Marc Onetto: Lean and Six Sigma at Amazon.com
Here is a video of Mark Onetto, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Operations and Customer Service at Amazon.com; in this video he explains the role
Taiichi Ohno Quotes: Teach Others to Think for Themselves
This post continues my summary of Yoshihito Wakamatsu's book The Toyota Mindset. So far, we've covered Taiichi Ohno's belief that Wastes Hide,