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Congratulations to COE-funded scholarship winners fisher.osu.edu
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A lean, mean, car-making machine fisher.osu.edu
I've heard and read so much about automobile manufacturing facilities...
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Hospital-at-home admissions continue to rise fiercehealthcare.com
More healthcare organizations are turning to the "hospital-at-home" model for chronically ill patients with acute medical issues to improve quality and lower costs with programs springing up around the country.

Stop playing dodgeball fisher.osu.edu
Growing up, one of the many games I played with my friends was dodgeball. It's also a sport many of us haven't given up - particularly in the workplace. On each side of the "gym" are functional teams that represent different...

MBOE Recap Week 4: The flow-stoppers fisher.osu.edu
Imagine how a river becomes turbulent as it flows across rocks. A process in the same way can become inefficient or unpredictable due to the multiple roundabouts and rework we force our people to do while providing care to a...

Aviation Is an Inspiration for Improving Patient Safety blogs.wsj.com
Patient-safety experts today will discuss the formation of an independent patient-safety agency modeled on the National Transportation Safety Board, and other strategies to reduce medical errors.


Trust me, I'm a doctor fisher.osu.edu
How do you define a good doctor? Is it one known to have never made mistakes or one who made them, learned from them and got better? This came to mind as I was watching a video where Dr. Brian Goldman, an emergency room...

Talk about Personal TPM - 93-year-old lady gives up car after driving it 576,000 miles
Rob Radabaugh, MBOE Class of 2012, shared this story with me. Amazing!
93-year-old Rachel Veitch, whose motoring days began nearly half a century ago with her $3,289 purchase of a brand new 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente, is finally giving up the car because she has swerved into an impassable...

IN HOSPITALS, A TRADEOFF BETWEEN BETTER CLINICAL QUALITY AND A GOOD... researchnews.osu.edu
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2012 MBOE Healthcare Class Visit to Akron Children's Hospital
What a great visit from the 2012 MBOE Healthcare class. Great sharing stories and exchanging ideas from our Lean journeys. Hope you ...

10 Characteristics of a Good Measure and 7 Pitfalls to Avoid aleanjourney.com
It is not enough to simply create a numeric measure. The measure should accurately reflect the process. We use metrics to base decisions on and to focus our actions. It is not only important to measure the right indicators, it...

The Ohio State University fisher.osu.edu
Title: Senior Management Consultant Company: Productivity Inc. For more than 12 years, Ellis has been a Senior Management Consultant with Productivity Inc., a leading international consulting, training, and publishing firm. He...


The lean secret of … Indian bread? fisher.osu.edu
I never fail to be reminded that lean thinking makes sense anywhere – and everywhere. The latest occasion was at a friend’s house a few weekends ago making an Indian bread called paratha. I had made them in the past, but this...


In an empty warehouse off Gilchrist Road, doctors, lab workers and other staff from Akron Children’s Hospital are practicing ways to improve the space where they practice medicine.

Lean Quote: Forget About Resolutions Concentrate on Goal Setting aleanjourney.com
With the hustle of the holidays over we turn to the New Year, where many individuals are honing in on their New Year's resolution. For many, it may be an opportunity to assess their struggles of the previous year or to wallow...

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