Lean transformation, cultural enablers and enterprise alignment -- Introduction -- Business process -- Embarking on lean journey -- Changing to a lean culture techniques to change to lean culture -- Lean transformation through continuous improvement process -- Importance of principles, system...

"This book covers root cause analysis, with an emphasis on using quality tools to empirically investigate issues. It starts with the theoretical background and then provides step-by-step instructions for performing root cause analysis using various quality tools. The book explains how to use...

Preface -- Understanding traditional project management -- The three faces of traditional project management -- A lean history of lean -- Agile comprehensive -- Applying lean thinking & agile techniques to the PMLC -- Initiating the project -- The planning process -- Project execution --...

"This book presents, in a very brief form, the tools and techniques that must be mastered by an internal or external consultant assigned to manage an improvement project within an organization. It provides a short overview of each of these important tools but due to the large number of tools and...

This book is written by a seasoned physician, teacher, and scientist who was the CEO of a large integrated system for 20 years. It is a complete how-to book on implementing a Lean transformation in a health care system that includes not only a hospital but also HMO, CHC, and paramedics....