A blog about the Toyota Production System, or Lean, for veterinarians.
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Thursday, September 21, 2017
A Lean Staff Meeting Micro-experiment
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The Lean philosophy is built largely around the concept of problem solving and continuous improvement ( kaizen ) by involving the workers w...
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
What! No Research and Development Department!?!
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Many of the major corporations in the world have a department they call "Research and Development" (R&D). These are the people...
Tuesday, July 11, 2017
My First Time with Kaizen and Value Stream Mapping
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I was recently looking through the documents and photos on some old laptops when I came across photos I had taken when I was just starting ...
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Sayings of the Lean Fathers
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Within the body of Jewish literature, there is a book called " Pirke Avot", which means 'Sayings of the Fathers'. It ...
Thursday, June 8, 2017
Lean and Veterinary Medicine: Like a Glove
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After reading, studying and thinking about Lean over the past seven years, I am convinced that Veterinary practice and Lean are destined f...
Saturday, May 13, 2017
This Kanban System Works
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Several months ago, I helped a practice set up a small, experimental kanban system for drug inventory. This particular system uses a kanba...
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Saturday, April 29, 2017
Leanvets.com Surpasses 10, 000 Pageviews
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This milestone may not seem like a big deal, especially compared to other big name websites that probably get 10, 000 hits a minute. But,...
Saturday, February 25, 2017
Preparing the Soil
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In the Japanese culture, it is considered “poor form” to introduce a topic for discussion at a business meeting without giving the other at...
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