Tag: Standardized Work
Checklists and Standardized Work in Patient Care
New Yorker - Dr. Atul GawandeHere is an outstanding piece by one of my favorite medical writers, on the use of checklists (a form...
Quaid Case Update: Whose Responsibility is Standardized Work?
If you're a regular reader, you might recall the Cedar-Sinai medical error that harmed Dennis Quad's twins (and others).
Quaid and his wife are now...
"FEMA Does Not Reward Innovation"
AP News | The Columbia Daily TribuneHow's this for government bureaucracy? People got creative in trying to save money to restock the New...
Bad Systems in the News: Not the Worst "Oops" Possible with...
The Lean Thinker ยป What Nukes?I had been mulling over trying to do a post on this story since the original story broke...
Hospital Laboratory Mixups Will Happen Again, Unless…
'I don't want this to happen to anyone else'
This will happen again, unless the process is fixed. Lean can help. Please read on...
I heard...
Delegation is Not "Buck Passing"
The article isn't online, you'll have to join the club lucky enough (ahem) to fly American Airlines to read the gem of an article...
We Must Follow Standardized Work, Right?
The Informed Patient - WSJ.comHere's an article ($$) about hospitals working to prevent bedsores or "pressure ulcers" as they are called. I didn't...
GM Does Teach Kaizen in the Standard Work Class
Detroit Free Press ForumsIn my previous post, I questioned if GM was teaching true "Standard Work" to reporters who came to their training center...
Updated: GM Shows "Standard Work" to Journalists?
GM teaches writers to build it right each timeUpdated: GM *does* do some kaizen in the classWhat we call Lean or TPS, they...
Elements of Lean Surgery at Geisinger Health System
In Bid for Better Care, Surgery With a Warranty - New York Times
This outstanding NY Times article isn't about "Lean" per se (they don't...
TWI Approach to Scooping Ice Cream
Following up my earlier post about instructions for scooping ice cream, and key points, a blog reader , Bryan Lund submitted this commentary. ...
Standard Work for Ice Cream
No, not for home consumption, but I ended up with a 3 gallon tub of ice cream (used for a Lean batching vs single-piece...
