Bücher der Reihe Lean Tools for Healthcare Series

Based on Hiroyuki Hirano's classic "5 Pillars of the Visual Workplace" and modeled after the Shingo Prize-winning "Shopfloor Series for Lean Manufacturers", this work adopts a reader-friendly format to impart the information needed to understand and efficiently implement lean methodology in a healthcare setting.

Standard work is a major component of kaizen activities and effective Lean tools. Part of the Lean Tools for Healthcare Series, this user-friendly book contains innovative features designed to optimize this tool 's use. The text explains how standard work establishes the best way to do work and why it should be the basis for all continuous improvement activities. It describes work in terms of cycle time, work in process, takt time, and layout. Margin assists reveal key terms and points, how-to steps, and healthcare examples, making this a valuable resource for healthcare professionals starting their Lean journey.

The value stream mapping methods described in Mapping Clinical Value Streams will help you achieve more efficient healthcare processes and will pave the way to an improved medical system with significantly reduced medical errors and other costly waste. Presented in an easy-to-assimilate format, the book includes examples from actual healthcare processes, plus numerous illustrations and margin assists that call your attention to key points. Value stream mapping icons make it easy to see and understand the ebb and flow of healthcare processes.