As doctors and veterinary staff, we are well acquainted with the daily ritual of morning or change of shift medical rounds. This is the gat...

Over the past few years, while discussing what Lean is with people, I have had one or two of them make comments to the effect that they were...

I have been reading (re-reading)  Lean Daily Management for Healthcare  by Brad White. I was very impressed by the book the first time throu...

One of the aspects of the Lean methodology that I appreciate most of all is the breadth of its  application. Lean is applicable to manufac...

The Lean philosophy is built largely around the concept of problem solving and continuous improvement ( kaizen ) by involving the workers w...

No, not Albert Einstein! Moraito “Morey” Einstein, Albert’s third cousin, twice removed on his mother’s side. Just kidding! However, t...

I am especially pleased to present this edition of leanvets.com for a couple of reasons. 1)  It is the first podcast for me. Hopefully, ...

A3 reports are the written documents that succinctly record the PDCA cycle problem solving effort, often providing a bit more structure than...

We're all familiar with the diagnostic and treatment process. First, we collect as much subjective and objective data as possible. Then,...

Do you ever feel like you’re playing a game of “Whack-A-Mole?” The same problems, previously thought to be solved, keep popping up in differ...