VSM: Introduction from Laboratory Learning Solutions on Vimeo. Description Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is a Lean concept, tool and method to analyze the current state of a process at a 10,000 foot view. The VSM exercise is important to execute before actual change can take place. By developing the entire process from start (supplier)to finish (customer), we […]
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1. Spear, Steven, and H. Kent Bowen. “Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System.” Harvard Business Review 77, no. 5 (September–October 1999): 96–106 2. James L. Bossert, Grace L. Duffy, R. Dan Reid and James J. Rooney. Quality Society for Quality Glossary. (2018) 3. Liker JK. The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles From the World’s Greatest
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1. A Collaborative Approach to Lean Laboratory Workstation Design Reduces Wasted Technologist Travel Yerian, Lisa M, MD; Seestadt, Joseph A; Gomez, Erron R; Marchant, Kandice K, MD, PhD. American Journal of Clinical Pathology Vol. 138, Iss. 2, (Aug 2012): 273-80. Abstract Lean methodologies have been applied in many industries to reduce waste. We applied Lean techniques to redesign laboratory workstations with the
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Observation: The 4 Rules of Work Design from Laboratory Learning Solutions on Vimeo. The 4 rules of work design illustrate an improvement strategy to identify waste and inefficiency within the current condition and work toward an improved condition. The following rules are translated into laboratory work processes: •Rule 1: Laboratory translation: The time, location and number of specimens
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