Lean Healthcare - Implementing 5S in Lean or Six Sigma Projects

by Debra Hadfield, Shelagh Holmes, Tom Fabr

Lean Healthcare - Implementing 5S in Lean or Six Sigma Projects will provide the foundation using the more common Lean tool of 5S in any hospital or clinical department. Key learning features digital photos demonstrating Lean and 5S practices in healthcare, identification of who should be doing what part of the activity, form/checksheets/checklists to guide you down the right path, detailed procedures to ensure successful application of the tool, performance strategies providing short sentences summarizing topics, starter tips providing valuable information from Lean sensei and healthcare professionals, and quotes from thought leaders throughout the world. Topics such as project identification, area scans, value stream mapping, value flow analysis, measurements, storyboards, etc. will be explained in detail to the extent that you can begin to use this book in your project immediately. This new edition has made available over 40 Excel worksheets, forms, and checklists via Dropbox file links. This book is not only about reading and learning with a practical approach to 5S, but now allows you to immediately apply the various stages of 5S today!

191 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2006