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Monday, March 15, 2010




Hospital lean assembly line reduces cycle time

Lean manufacturing methods enable Canadian hospital to improve the emergency room cycle times. The techniques will be applied to additional hospital in the near future. ...

... "A study just published by Dr. Ng's team suggests that adopting an assembly-line process pioneered at Toyota Motor Corp. had slashed the emergency department's lengthy wait times, results many others are hoping to match. " ...


Via National Post, Canada: Health care from the Toyota

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