Do you ever walk into a store and know at a glance where to find what you need? Do you notice that seemingly long lines can often move really quickly? Do you find yourself wondering why things don't go horribly wrong more often? Lean Six Sigma is at work! Mistake-proofing,…
What do you call it when a garage door stops closing before it hits your head? The Hokey Pokey? No, a Poke-yoke! Lucky for us, Dr. Shingo baked this mistake-proofing technique into the Toyota Production System and the rest is history. This year would have marked Shigeo Shingo’s 110th birthday,…
Cardiva Medical, a medical device company, recently announced that they have been recognized for Operational Excellence from The Shingo Institute. The Shingo Institute is home of the Shingo Prize, an award that recognizes organizations that demonstrate an exceptional culture that cultivates continuous improvement. Cardiva medical has supported a three-year…
GoLeanSixSigma.com, in partnership with UC San Diego, is honored to support the State of Washington's Lean Transformation as a Gold Sponsor for 2018's Lean Transformation Conference! Thanks for visiting our website where we're always sharing the most practical, easy to understand and high quality Lean learning resources available! Learn the…
hos Healthcare has already repeatedly applied lean principles to improve patient care, reduce costs, and reduce medical errors. Now, it's being taken to the next level and being applied to Neurosurgery. Hospitals looked to improve efficiency by incorporating lean principles to standardize surgical workflow and identify waste. They found…
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What’s a good book to read if you want to succeed at process improvement? Is Lean Six Sigma all about manufacturing? Are there any about the service industry? Healthcare? Government? What If I’m only interested in Lean? What if I need help with statistics? And how about soft skills? What’s…
For the third year in a row, Stanford University will be hosting yet another Lean Healthcare Academic Conference. This conference is designed to help its attendees develop a deeper understanding of applying Lean Thinking and Practice to the academic healthcare setting. "Each year we discover new insights, new examples and…
The Lean Enterprise Institute is coming up on it’s 20th Anniversary which means founder James Womack must be proud! We know he’s proud of his of meeting his daily goal of 10,000 steps. Time to celebrate the nonprofit LEI and its generous founder - Happy Birthday to both of you!…
He’s in Lean. He’s all Shook up! Musical puns aside, John Shook recently did a good job of connecting Lean to Baseball which ties together two of America’s favorite past times. Okay, Lean my not have risen to “favorite” yet, but John Shook is working on it! We don’t actually…