When I first started learning about Lean, one of the terms I seemed to have difficulty wrapping my brain around was "takt time." ...

Here are some recommendations for further reading and web resources. At some point in the future, this post will be moved to a separate pag...

While Mark Graban  and I were at the recent TVMA Convention and Expo presenting our Lean lecture a couple of weeks ago, a veterinarian came...

Toyota has long been very generous in allowing other organizations serious about beginning a Lean initiative ( even competitors !) access t...

Mark Graban and I had the pleasure of presenting a two and a half hour lecture introduction to the Toyota Production System, Lean, entitl...

Kaizen is a Japanese word that can be translated to mean “good change,” “change for the better,” or “continuous improvement.” The methodolog...

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

We've written a few introductory articles on the DVM360 site: Cut the fat—get Lean VETERINARY ECONOMICS - Mar 01, 2015 What Toyota ...

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...