Tag: 5S

In November 2012, I had the opportunity to visit Japan for the first time as part of a Lean healthcare study mission. It was...

I had a chance, on Tuesday, to attend what's often informally called the "Detroit Auto Show" (or the NAIAS, formally). As a kid, I...

I read this valid complaint from somebody on a LinkedIn group.... it led to a "facepalm" that I managed to catch on camera: I interviewed with...

Thanks everybody for reading my blog in 2013! I appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to read and participate in the...

tl;dr: In this post, Mark reflects on the 25th anniversary of the term "Lean Production," delving into the original article that coined it. He...

Hi, this is Dr. Les Muda, the world's first (and only) Lean healthcare comedian, taking over Mark's blog today for a guest post about...

A friend shared this fun video about how to influence hand washing behavior amongst a group of 12 kids. As the introduction points out,...

A Lean thinking friend's wife had emergency surgery (she is going to be fine) and my friend sent some pictures of Lean-related things he...

I was fortunate to have three interviews published in the past week, where I was talking about Lean Healthcare and Kaizen, so I thought...

If we're doing trivial Lean projects without addressing patient harm or patient waiting times, we run the risk of "5S-ing the deck chairs on the Titanic"...

I was preparing for the Gemba Academy webinar that I'm doing next Tuesday (you can still sign up) on:  Stories about the Eight Types of...

tl;dr: In this post, Mark explores Toyota's principle of "Respect for People" within the context of Lean methodologies. He delves into how this principle...