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The 7 Wastes of Lean in Healthcare

Kainexus

Although the Lean business improvement methodology was initially developed to improve the quality and productivity of automotive factories, it has been used with great success in industries and settings of all types, including software development, government, retail, and other service settings.

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The Principles and Implementation of Lean Improvement

Kainexus

One of the most widespread is an approach that grew out of the Japanese automotive industry, Lean manufacturing. Today, Lean thinking ideas are applied in almost every industry, including healthcare, education, construction, and software development.

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Time for Innovation Excellence

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Norbert Majerus and George Taninecz Lean manufacturing and the Toyota Production System started an industrial revolution (at least for those who adopted it). Transformative events that began in the automotive industry spread into many other sectors (including healthcare, finance, even innovation).

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9 Easy to Deploy Continuous Quality Improvement Tools

Kainexus

Quality management programs are often associated with large organizations, such as automotive manufacturing or large healthcare systems. These organizations often have teams dedicated to quality control, and they may leverage specific business process methodologies such as Lean or Six Sigma.

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Dr. Soo Beng Khoh

Innovation 360 Group

He is instrumental in establishing the CREST’s Connected Healthcare Cluster & Malaysia Telemedicine Development Group; where he works closely with medical practitioners, healthcare professionals and regulatory bodies to advance the use of ioT in healthcare delivery. Product Innovation (Design & Development, DTM).

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Soo Beng Khoh , PhD

Innovation 360

He is instrumental in establishing the CREST’s Connected Healthcare Cluster & Malaysia Telemedicine Development Group; where he works closely with medical practitioners, healthcare professionals and regulatory bodies to advance the use of ioT in healthcare delivery. Product Innovation (Design & Development, DTM).

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Key Issues in Innovation Management – Revisited – Part 1

Tim Kastelle

Uber is a current prime example: they are attempting to expand into healthcare and travel. It requires a more deliberated approach, such as the lean startup process, design thinking or a combination thereof. Tip: Tim Kastelle has posted a worthwhile series on how to implement lean startup for innovation initiatives.