U.S. Army Materiel Command Success Stories
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This page on the U.S. Army's Materiel Command's web site lists at least two dozen success stories in applying lean and six sigma concepts.(Stories vary greatly in the amount of detail provided.)
Medical Treatment Takes 'Lean' Tack
Author: Meyer, Ann
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Media Format: Articles
Publish Date: 8/13/2007
A story in the
Chicago Tribune (and posted here by BlueCross Blue Shield) reports some of the results from a lean initiative at a cancer treatment center that cut 49,884 hours of wasted time, equivalent to the work of 24 full-time people, during fiscal 2007. Employees now have more time to focus on patient care. (See more healthcare applications in the lean
Success Stories area of this web site.)
2009 Virginia Mason Production System (VMPS) Facts
Author: Miller, Diane
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Media Format: Articles
Publish Date: 6/22/2009
Two-page PDF file from Virginia Mason gives a concise overview of lean methods in healthcare answering questions such as: Can car-making methods be adapted to health care? Why did Virginia Mason adopt TPS manufacturing principles? How does VMPS work? What are the benefits and results of VMPS?The second page are examples and brief success stories from areas such as cancer treatment, endoscopy, nursing, pediatric clinics with benefits such as improved patient safety, fewer falls, cost savings, revenue enhancement through capacity increases, and creating more time for nurses to provide patient care.
2009 Virginia Mason Production System (VMPS) Facts
Author: N/A
Summary
Media Format: Articles
Publish Date: 6/22/2009
Two-page PDF file from Virginia Mason gives a concise overview of lean methods in healthcare answering questions such as: Can car-making methods be adapted to health care? Why did Virginia Mason adopt TPS manufacturing principles? How does VMPS work? What are the benefits and results of VMPS?The second page has examples and brief success stories from areas such as cancer treatment, endoscopy, nursing, pediatric clinics with benefits such as improved patient safety, fewer falls, cost savings, revenue enhancement through capacity increases, and creating more time for nurses to provide patient care.
A Dynamo Called Danaher
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Media Format: Articles
Publish Date: 2/19/2007
A story in BusinessWeek magazine profiling Danaher credits its commitment to a lean management system as a key to its success.
Build Your “House” of Production on a Stable Foundation
Author: Marchwinski, Chet
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Media Format: Charts, graphs, and diagrams, Images, Articles
Publish Date: 2/14/2006
Faced with downtime on key pieces of sophisticated equipment in a machine-intensive environment, Delphi's Plant 1 launched a successful improvement effort by focusing on rigorous problem solving to create basic stability. This Lean Enterprise Institute case study shows you what plant management, staff and employees did.
Dentist Drills Down to the Root Causes of Office Waste
Author: Marchwinski, Chet
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Media Format: Charts, graphs, and diagrams, Images, Articles
Publish Date: 5/7/2007
Applying lean concepts to dentistry isn't as difficult as, well, pulling teeth. Dr. Sami Bahri, driven by a gut feeling that the traditional method of managing a dental office could be improved dramatically, educated himself and his staff in the concepts, validated the approach in pilot projects, then transformed his office. His journey just might transform the way you look at a dentist's office. (The Seven Wastes entry in the short Glossary at the end of the story has examples from Bahri's staff.)
Lean Pays Off For F-15 Support
Author: Rector, Gene
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Publish Date: 12/25/2003
A story in The Telegraph of Macon, GA, summarizes the success and obstacles of applying lean to a maintenance line overhauling F-15 fighters at Robins Air Force Base.
Lean Thinking in Aircraft Repair and Maintenance Takes Wing at FedEx Express
Author: Bartholomew, Doug
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Publish Date: 5/17/2009
The FedEx Express lean initiative at its repair and maintenance facility at Los Angeles International Airport just began in December 2007 but has produced some big savings. For example a major check that used to take 32,715 man-hours was cut to 21,535 hours in six months. That translated into a $2 million savings, which dovetailed nicely with the company’s emphasis on finding ways to reduce costs during the recession. Find out more about this facility’s lean transformation and how managers are involving mechanics and other employees.
Hear Phillip Coley, managing director at FedEx Express' LAX facility, describe how it is building a foundation to create "lean for the long term" at the 2010 Lean Transformation Summit .
Making Lean Leaders -- Ariens internship program develops lean and leadership skills
Author: Taninecz, George
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Media Format: Charts, graphs, and diagrams, Articles
Publish Date: 12/16/2008
Besides making snow-blowers, mowers, and string trimmers, Ariens Co., of Brillion, WI, makes lean leaders. An internal lean internship program steeps factory and front-office associates in the principles of lean and leadership by connecting the concepts to actual work. Ariens attributes its ability to acquire companies, enter new markets, and remain competitive in tough times to the program, which has helped it grow without dramatic increases in staff.
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