Lean healthcare aims to manage and improve the processes in the healthcare sector by
eliminating everything that adds no value by improving quality of services, ensuring patient …

A substantial amount of literature describes the use of lean methodology in healthcare
settings in developed countries, but less is known about its use in developing countries …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a methodology for using simulation models
together with value stream mapping (VSM) for designing lean service systems and illustrate …

Purpose This study investigates the impact of the degree of process maturity on the degree
of patient orientation in the context of radical process changes. The study is based on a …

Given the high impact of emergency department (ED) on the quality of care delivered by an
hospital, and the many challenges it is facing (eg, overcrowding, excessive waiting time, cost …

Introduction This case study focuses on Erie Shores Healthcare, a small Canadian hospital
with a busy emergency department (ED) who acts as the sole provider of outpatient …

Purpose The aims of this paper are to illustrate the use of Lean tools to reduce inpatient
waiting time and to evaluate critical success factors of Lean implementation in an inpatient …

Air transport accounts for a significant portion of all wealth production in the world. In the
case of Brazil, although the air transport industry is undergoing profound changes because …

This study examines the roadblocks in deploying lean management (LM) in the Indian
automobile industry, prioritizes these roadblocks based on industry inputs, and uses the …

Background: The current state of the hospitals' departments can be provided by some lean
management tools. With the help of the value stream mapping, the big picture of a whole …