Lean-Led Hospital DesignCreating the efficient hospital of the future
Mon, 03/26/2012 - 11:20
(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Instead of building new hospitals that import old systems and problems, the time has come to reexamine many of our ideas about what a hospital should be. Can a building foster continuous improvement? How can… The Lean 3P AdvantageA practitioner’s guide to the production preparation process
Thu, 03/22/2012 - 13:11
(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- How do you take talented engineers and surround them with the elements needed to create brilliant designs that lead to market-changing products? A lean production preparation process (3P) is how.
Written from… The Organizational Master Plan Handbook A catalyst for performance planning and results
Tue, 02/28/2012 - 12:35
(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- For visionary leaders, an organizational master plan and associated technologies have become essential components of strategic decision making. Written for leaders, planners, consultants, and change agents,… The Basics of Self-Balancing ProcessesTrue lean continuous flow
Thu, 02/23/2012 - 12:46
(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Self-balancing is not just a tweak or change to the formula used to determine assembly line balancing, but a completely transformed method for achieving continuous flow. Among the reasons for trying self-… 10 Essentials for High-Performance Quality in the 21st Century An approach to help shift the quality paradigm from appraisal to prevention
Thu, 02/16/2012 - 16:21
(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- As a society, we tend to reward problem solvers rather than those who prevent problems at their source. In other words, we focus on after-the-fact occurrences (“appraisal activities”) instead of trying to… A Tale of Two TransformationsBringing lean and agile software development to life
Tue, 01/03/2012 - 11:20
(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- There are many books that seek to explain lean and agile software development that offer theory, techniques, and examples. Michael K. Levine’s first book, A Tale of Two Systems (Productivity Press, 2009), is… Understanding Health Care Reform Bridging the gap between myth and reality
Mon, 01/02/2012 - 14:49
(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- After nearly a year of debate, in March 2010, Congress passed and the president signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to reform the U.S. health care system. The most significant social… The Organizational Alignment Handbook A catalyst for performance acceleration
Wed, 12/21/2011 - 11:39
(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- In the same way that a well-defined approach is needed to develop an effective strategic plan, an equally well-designed approach is needed to support the alignment of your organization’s structure,… A Factory of OneDefine the value that you create and transform your performance
Fri, 12/16/2011 - 12:25
(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Most business readers have heard of the lean principles developed for factories—a set of tools and ideas that have enabled companies to dramatically boost quality by reducing waste and errors—producing more… New Edition of Lean Hospitals ReleasedNew examples and updated data, including revised chapters on patient safety and preventing medical errors
Mon, 11/14/2011 - 14:46
(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Building on the success of Mark Graban’s Shingo Prize-winning first edition in 2009, Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Engagement, Second Edition (Productivity Press, 2011),…
