Earlier this year I led a Lean study trip to the Japanese town of Ashikaga, which considers itself to be the “5S Mecca of the world”. As I wrote about in the first part of […]
Most of you have heard of “5S”, but have you ever heard of an entire city that has rallied around the concepts of 5S with over 200 organizations practicing 5S daily? Lean study trip to Ashikaga […]
In the previous four posts in this series about my visit to Toyota Memorial Hosptial (TMH) in Toyota City, Japan, last month, I’ve covered topics from the overview of the hospital, how hospital leaders are […]
Continuous Improvement and the Toyota Way In an earlier post about my visit to Toyota Memorial Hospital (TMH) in Toyota City, Japan, last month, I wrote about how TMH’s renewed focus to deepen the practice […]
As I shared in previous posts, Toyota Memorial Hospital (TMH) has been practicing parts of the Toyota Production System (TPS) for many years. However, the depth of TPS practice is not as advanced as many might […]
In the first post in a series of reflections from my visit to Toyota Memorial Hospital (TMH) in Toyota City, Japan, I declared that Toyota Memorial is the “most ‘Lean’ hospital in Japan”. However, as I wrote, […]
Leadership lessons in Toyota City – this time at Toyota Memorial Hospital Immediately after writing a post on the train asking for your questions, I met my friend Mr. Isao Yoshino and we drove an hour to […]
It’s been a busy few weeks for me filled with great learning and travel! But all of this “doing” also means that I haven’t been able to keep up with writing. I’m about to jump […]
Last year I learned of a town in rural Japan that considers itself the “5S Mecca” of the world because of the entire town’s adoption of Japanese management principles known as “5S” (see the end of this […]
Lean and Kaizen in Healthcare My most recent post about Lean in Japan and in Japanese hospitals has been a popular one and has generated many comments on social media and on the post itself. As I wrote in that […]
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