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What queues reveal about healthcare management
LEANMAIL HEALTHCARE

What queues reveal about healthcare management

By integrating the stages of care, better organizing resources and removing interruptions that prolong the patient journey, lean management helps reduce waits, relieve team overload and deliver care with more safety, agility and respect

Flávio Battaglia and Paloma Rubinato Perez

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An ICU “of Love”... and of Lean!
General HEALTHCARE

An ICU “of Love”... and of Lean!

How lean system concepts and practices are tackling and reversing increases in hospital infections, staff absences and transfers, and other adversities in the intensive care units of Hospital de Amor (HA), in Barretos (SP)

By Lean Institute Brasil

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Foundations for smart standards
LeanMail INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

Foundations for smart standards

Standardization is the foundation for consolidating productivity as a real competitive differentiator. Without it, there is no stability in performance and no foundation for continuous improvement. Discover how to overcome challenges and achieve more sustainable results

By Flávio Battaglia

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Boeing executives failed at leadership, forgot the lessons of lean
General GENERAL

Boeing executives failed at leadership, forgot the lessons of lean

Don't blame frontline workers for systemic problems.

By Mark Graban

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Dojos change minds
General SERVICES

Dojos change minds

CASE STUDY – Faced with safety and quality problems, this Brazilian plant set up a dojo, and the results are very promising

By Gabriel Oliveira and Nilson Rodrigues da Silva

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8 steps to radical quality improvement
General INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

8 steps to radical quality improvement

An uncompromising quality-improvement fanatic shares his preferred method for radical breakthroughs in quality, acquired through decades of experience improving facilities in the US, Europe, Asia, Africa and Japan.

By Chet Marchwinski

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Leading a quality revolution
General GENERAL

Leading a quality revolution

Interview – A few weeks ago, our editor met with Toyota veteran Sadao Nomura. In this Q&A session, he discusses quality improvement and leadership involvement.

By Sadao Nomura

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