Despite the common allegation that lean improvement methods, based on the Toyota production system, must lead to layoffs at hospitals or health systems, the reality is quite different at several ...

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For many organizations, it's a baffling development. They embark on a lean transformation with the best of intentions, but the effort fails to take hold. Initial improvements give way to backsliding ...

The general consensus is few companies that try lean are truly lean, even after decades of effort, says Jerry Solomon, recently retired from his role as vice president of operations at ...