Kaizen Workshops for Lean Healthcare

A Study of the Toyota Production System

From an Industrial Engineering Viewpoint

This is the “green book” that started it all — the first book in English on JIT, written from the engineer’s viewpoint. Here is Dr. Shingo's classic industrial engineering rationale for the priority of process-based over operational improvements in manufacturing.

Accelerating Health Care Transformation with Lean and Innovation The Virginia Mason Experience

Accelerating Health Care Transformation with Lean and Innovation: The Virginia Mason Experience describes how VMMC has systematically integrated innovative structures, methods, and cultural practices into its implementation of Lean.