Organizations aim to improve their processes’ efficiency and effectiveness by reducing waste, which creates a need for experts in project management frameworks and process improvement techniques such ...

The principles of 'lean management' have permeated many sectors of today's business world, secondary to the success of the Toyota Production System. This management method enables workers to eliminate ...

At the Becker’s Hospital Review 6th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable Nov. 13 to 15, Ramsey Hasan, MD, CEO of United Family Intermed Hospital in Mongolia and William Owad, Cardinal Health’s senior vice ...

Ms. Peach used Kaizen, a process improvement strategy within lean manufacturing, within her division’s hospitals. Kaizen encompassed a three-day workshop in which front-line workers in the emergency ...

Lean process management and improved community engagement are expected to be focus areas for Maj. Gen. Gwen Bingham, who has assumed command of the U.S. Army Tacom Life Cycle Management Command in ...

To keep bottom lines healthy, organizations are turning to a process called lean revenue cycle management. John Gallagher, account manager of Simpler Consulting, helps organizations utilize this ...

While Lean principles have been known and applied in a variety of manufacturing processes, the applications in product development have been slower to come. Several companies have also applied Lean to ...

Lean management, a philosophy that strives to deliver the most value in the least wasteful way possible, is finding its way from a “manufacturing thing” into the commercial real estate industry. JE ...

Aimee Cowher has left her job as CEO of Global Productivity Solutions LLC to become Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan’s executive assistant and the director of lean process management, the company announced ...

There is a common lean phrase, “Bad systems beat good people.” Sometimes it is attributed to Dr. W. Edwards Deming although it isn’t actually his quote. I’ve used it for 20 years but couldn’t tell you ...