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Lean Doctors: A Bold and Practical Guide to Using Lean Principles to Transform Healthcare Systems, One Doctor at a Time
Product DescriptionForeword by Michael F. Gutzeit, M. D. , Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Quality, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin This practical, how-to book clearly and succinctly takes the reader through six proven success steps for implementing lean in any healthcare environment: 1. Create physician flow 2. Support physician value-added time 3. Visually communicate patient status 4. Standardize everyone s work … Read entire article »
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Motion and Time Study for Lean Manufacturing
Product Description Motion and time study has finally found a home in the modern plant by helping employees to understand the nature and the true costs of work, assist management in reducing unnecessary costs, and balance work cells to make work flow smoother. This how-to motion and time study book provides readers with a resource that describes the techniques and procedures of motion and time study. Practical, detailed advice is given on all … Read entire article »
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Is a Masters in Engineering Management worth the time and effort?
I currently only have a BS in management and some Auto-cad Drafting classes under my belt. I was thinking of getting a Masters in EngMgt, majoring in Project Management or Lean Manufacturing. My company has a tuition reimbursement program. … Read entire article »
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TAKT TIME: How To Calculate Takt Time Tutorial
leansixsigmasource.com The “How To Calculate Takt Time Tutorial” produced my leansixsigmasource.com provides a definition of takt time and why it is a useful tool for lean manufacturing implementation. When you are level loading your processes, you will need to compare your takt time to your cycle time observations and ensure you standard work meets customer demand. If you are on a kaizen event tackling issues related to productivity, you will want to evaluate takt time and confirm if your customer requirements or cycle time has changed. I like the SigmaXL takt time calculator because you can show your process owners how to use it without getting too wrapped in the math, but rather the concept and application. (takt) (takt time) (lean) (lean manufacturing) (kaizen) (sigmaxl) leansixsigmasource.com … Read entire article »
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Can anyone explain what “effective cycle time” is relative to Lean Manufacturing Principles?
I’m familiar with Lean principles and average cycle time measurements, but I recently saw a measurement for ECT (effective cycle time) and I can’t get any answers as to what it measures, what the formula is and how it relates to average cycle time. … Read entire article »
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Lean Manufacturing Takt Time Marker
Lean Manufacturing Toyota Production System JIT Kaizen Kanban Value Stream 5S … Read entire article »
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Winning with People: Discover the People Principles that Work for You Every Time
ISBN13: 9780785288749 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionRelationships are at the heart of every positive human experience. Maxwell, a master communicator and relational expert, makes learning about relationships accessible to everyone. The most sophisticated leaders and salespeople will pick up on skills that will make them even better, and relational novices will learn skills that can transform them into relational dynamos. . . . More >> Winning with People: Discover … Read entire article »
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Motion and Time Study for Lean Manufacturing
Product DescriptionFor courses in Motion and Time Study, and Work Design. Motion and time study has finally found a home in the modern plant by helping employees to understand the nature and the true costs of work, assist management in reducing unnecessary costs, and balance work cells to make work flow smoother. This how-to motion and time study text provides students and practitioners with a resource that describes the techniques and procedures … Read entire article »
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Value Stream Mapping for Lean Development: A How-To Guide for Streamlining Time to Market
Product DescriptionCustomers and markets identify needs and problems and companies design products and services to fill or solve them. While this relationship may seem straightforward, the development process in most companies is often a root cause for customer dissatisfaction and can lead to substantial waste throughout an enterprise. Mistakes made on the proverbial drawing board can have a significant impact on an organization for many years. Therefore, the application of lean think. … Read entire article »
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Our visit to AME 2009: The Journey to Greatness
This point was reinforced by Kiyoshi Furuta, Chairman/CEO of Toyota Boshoku America. In his presentation he spoke about the Toyota Production System (TPS) and emphasized the critical importance of a great training system , … Original post: Our visit to AME 2009: The Journey to Greatness … Read entire article »
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