Improving the Supply Storage and Replenishment System
For: Hospital Nursing Unit Situational Challenge Increases in supply costs had raised awareness of how hospital supplies are distributed, inventoried, […]
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Articles du Lean
“Flowing” Case Carts to the Operating Room
For: 1,100 Bed Metropolitan Hospital with 50+ Operating Rooms Situational Challenge Ensuring that all supplies and instruments reach the Operating […]
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Claims Reimbursement Improvement Using Waste Reduction and Standard Work
For: 400-Bed Hospital Situational Challenge A cumbersome claims process with excessive delays in receivables was creating poor cash flow for […]
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Emergency Department (ED) Diverts Reduced Using Data Mining and Standard Work
For: 500-Bed Metropolitan Hospital Situational Challenge A backlog in the ER was causing high emergency divert rates for this metro […]
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Lab Capacity and Clinic Flow Improvement
For: Hematology and Oncology Clinic Situational Challenge The clinic was struggling with timely processing of lab results for incoming patients. […]
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Therapeutic IV Drug Decision Support
For: Children’s Oncology Clinic Situational Challenge The rapidly changing oncology and hematology therapeutic drugs landscape creates confusion about referrals, medical […]
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Une semaine sur le campus de l’Ohio State University… Lean Management Certification pour les services – 3ème semaine
Les participants ont débuté cette journée par une révision de toutes les méthodologies Lean, quand les appliquer, et pour atteindre quel objectif.
Lire la suiteThe Use and Abuse of OEE
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is fast becoming a widely used measure for the manufacturing industry, but it is also one of the more misunderstood and misused measures and causing much confusion...
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A Maintenance Miracle
Once again we are offering our highly successful Maintenance Miracle Kaizen event from March 29th through April 1st. For those of you not familiar with these autonomous maintenance events and how they might help you in your company, we thought we would give you some insight from a past event we held at Acushnet’s Ball Plant III.
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Quantum Leap Yield Improvement
Production Preparation Process (3P)—Milestone 13
In the highly competitive world of vinyl siding production, “process yield is king.” A fraction of a percentage point change in yield traditionally is very difficult to attain let alone sustain. So you can imagine what was going through one plant manager’s head when he got the news that yield had to improve 2.4% above last year’s performance.