Tag: 5S

It's time for some coffee talk other than Starbucks... afternoon coffee break here. In Philadelphia last week during our LEI workshops (have you seen our...

Running a hospital: MICUs go Lean: Result = HappinessIn lieu of a blog post today, I'm leaving you with a recent post on Paul...

I was watching the NBC web series (via iTunes podcasts) called "Ctrl" the other day (I'm a big fan of Tony Hale from the...

This is a big day for Lean in healthcare, as here is a link to FoxNews.com with five longer videos about ThedaCare and their...

I recently invited questions for Michael Balle, the author of the Shingo Prize winning book The Gold Mine: A Novel of Lean Turnaround. He...

Hello from jolly old England. I'm in London for the Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit being put on today by Daniel T. Jones of the...

Starbucks Gossip: Starbucks tests "lean" operations in Ohio and Kentucky stores We've known for some time that Starbucks has been trying to figure out how...

We recently released Issue 14 of Lean Progress and it included a brief set of tips on how to apply 5S on email. There...

Local doctors cut stressBelow is a video from an Albuquerque TV news station, visiting a doctor's office that was implementing Lean. I wish I...

I am amazed that as long as we've talked about 5S, it still gives companies fits and trouble. Many companies start with 5S because...

BBC NEWS | Health | Breathing life into resuscitationThanks to my old boss, Mike, for sending this my way. Here's an article (with pictures,...

Podcast Episode #52 is a discussion with a good friend (and sometimes contributor) to the Lean Blog, Dan Markovitz, founder and President of TimeBack...