Lean concepts, once the mainstay of the manufacturing industry, are becoming increasingly integrated into health care to improve functions and decrease costs. These concepts will be the topic of the ...

Craig Shular has been the chief executive officer of Parma-based GrafTech International since 2003 and has built a team credited with taking the company from the brink of bankruptcy to profitability ...

We have often discussed the question of whether the ability to successfully implement a successful lean initiative is something like being able to dunk a basketball or bench press 300 pounds: One can ...

A pair of local entrepreneurs are convinced that companies around the world need to be placed on a diet - one focused on becoming lean. That is the concept for the Lean Learning Center, founded in ...

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In the early years of my business career (mid ’80s), I was introduced to the concepts of Total Quality Management. My company was totally focused — from the top down — on removing inefficiencies from ...

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Simply put, lean is the practice of creating more value with fewer resources. The concept is inspired by the Japanese management theory from Toyota, where lean concepts are designed to improve and ...

A continuous quality improvement program, based on Lean concepts and including architectural, managerial, and organizational features, allows the emptying of emergency department corridors and the ...