Since the 1990s, Lean management principles have been discussed, debated and deployed in healthcare settings as a means to remove excess waste and improve quality. Paul Levy, former president and CEO ...

In this article Computer Associates' Sumner Blount explains the four main principles of Lean GRC -- highlighting how companies can leverage the concepts of Lean Manufacturing and Lean IT to help ...

Lean principles have proved incredibly effective for future-proofing organizations from wasting resources. Though the philosophy originated in manufacturing, its adaptability has made it essential for ...

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he Toyota Production System, which was developed from the late 1940s through the mid-1970s by top Toyota executives to improve the company’s manufacturing processes, is now used by numerous companies ...

In practice, lean manufacturing is an operating philosophy that yields a number of long-term benefits that aren’t always obvious to those who are considering adopting it. The first thing most ...

In the midst of all the innovation, disruption, and new levels of efficiency in today’s world, health care delivery seems to have stoically refused to come of age. Rather than becoming increasingly ...

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) will present a workshop on “Management Accounting for Lean Businesses,” April 16, 2009, in Durham, NC. The instructor ...