You’re probably familiar with the principles of lean manufacturing. Stripped to its roots, lean focuses on decreasing waste, increasing value to the customer and a process of continuous improvement.

It is an unfortunate fact: Many senior leaders and senior staff do not understand the fundamentals of lean. It’s one thing to recite knowledge of lean, and another to live lean every day—both on the ...

After a successful use of lean processes to streamline its emergency department throughput, Cincinnati-based TriHealth executives got interested in imbedding lean processes elsewhere in the system. So ...

WEST LAFAYETTE ― Purdue Healthcare Advisors (PHA) will use PHA Direct, the e-learning platform it launched earlier this year, to expand access for the training and certification of Lean Daily ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- Following a year when its continuous process improvement goal wasn't met, Anniston Army Depot's Directorate of Production Engineering is reinvigorating the Lean program, ...

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J.-- When it comes to teaching the tricks of the trade of business process and product improvement, the Lean Six Sigma Competency Office (LSSCO ...

The course can quickly familiarize employees with Lean terminology and tools now used by Toyota and other highly successful Lean enterprises, says the vendor. The curriculum consists of a series of ...

Creative Healthcare is offering free training to U.S. veterans through a “Lean for Healthcare” program scholarship, as part of the effort to help returning veterans learn new skills for employment.