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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.

A Revolution in Manufacturing The SMED System

Written by the industrial engineer, Dr. Shingeo Shingo, who developed SMED (single-minute exchange of die) for Toyota, A Revolution in Manufacturing provides a full overview of this powerful just in time production tool.

TPM in Process Industries Implementing Total Productive Maintenance

Process industries have a particularly urgent need for collaborative equipment management systems, but until this book was published, lacked for programs directed toward their specific needs. TPM in Process Industries brings together top consultants from the Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance to modify the original TPM Development Program.

CEDAC A Tool for Continuous Systematic Improvement

When you're trying to improve quality and productivity, it's essential to target the right problems, get the right people involved in solving them, and make sure the solutions work. CEDAC will help you do all three.

Lean Hospitals

The new edition of this international bestseller begins with an overview of Lean methods. It explains how Lean practices such as value stream mapping and process observation can help reduce wasted motion for caregivers, prevent delays for patients, and improve the long-term health of your organization.

Getting to Standard Work in Health Care

USING TWI TO CREATE A FOUNDATION FOR QUALITY CARE Addressing the challenges involved in achieving standard work in health care, […]

Kaizen Workshops for Lean Healthcare

Part of the Lean Tools for Healthcare series, this user-friendly book will help to improve your understanding of kaizen. It describes exactly what a kaizen event is and details all the phases necessary for implementing continuous improvement practices in your healthcare organization.

The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen

LEADERSHIP FOR A CONTINUOUSLY LEARNING AND IMPROVING ORGANIZATION Hospitals and health systems are facing many challenges, including shrinking reimbursements and […]

Achieving Patient (aka Customer) Experience Excellence

LESSONS FROM A SUCCESSFUL CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION IN A HOSPITAL Written by internationally acknowledged experts in the customer and patient experience […]

Mapping Clinical Value Streams

Tens of thousands of patients die unnecessarily every year as a result of errors and defects in our healthcare processes. Those that survive often pay too much for the privilege. The value stream mapping methods described in Mapping Clinical Value Streams will help you achieve more efficient health care processes and will pave the way to an improved medical system with significantly reduced medical errors and other costly waste.