Tag: Kaizen

Four Lessons on Lean Healthcare

19th February 2015 - Daniel T Jones

In the past decade, lean management principles have expanded to the healthcare industry, often with great results: Here I share a few lessons learned Although Lean was born in Toyota in the 1950s and...

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Desert Island Lean: Key Lean Books

9th January 2015 - David Brunt

At the beginning of a New Year many of us define a list of things we want to accomplish over the next 12 months. Towards the end of 2014 two activities prompted me to think more deeply about what has...

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What Lean Really Is?

11th September 2014 - Daniel T Jones

The evolution of Toyota’s practices Daniel T Jones (1) Lean thinking and practice are generic versions of the Toyota Production System (TPS) and the Toyota Way management system (2). Lean...

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