Lean is a holistic continuous improvement approach for maximizing value for customers and eliminating waste. Many healthcare organizations have adopted Lean to improve efficiency and patient care. We ...

Accountability, cellular flow, standard work -- three pillars of Lean manufacturing. These precepts, with roots at places such as Toyota, aren't lost on the MRO industry. Not anymore. Once considered ...

2 tertiary-care hospitals in Massachusetts were following a Lean process to mitigate patient handling injuries among nursing staff. The project leaders needed better involvement of front-line staff ...

A recent post on the practice of “Kanban” stirred up significant interest at Nearshore Americas – so we decided to revisit the issue and look specifically at how it works for globally distributed ...