Applying Lean methods

Our team will guide your organization through the five levels of the Lean journey using the following methods.

Level 1: The foundation

• Train Lean leaders
• Attend study missions
• Plan your Lean journey
• Understand your value streams
• Recognize that success relies on building the systems around the patient
• Deploy strategy

Level 2: Stability

• Establish flow and initiate clinical standard work
• Meet quality and service standards
• Initiate daily management for success metrics, readiness for each shift and problem solving
• Link service-line and unit improvements to strategy

Level 3: Match capacity to demand

• Level the schedule and the work of the day
• Control workflow
• Begin to operate to takt (cadence) and dramatically improve patient flow and lead times
• Set staffing to demand

Level 4: A takt environment

• Set standard work with detailed cycle times, successive quality checks and triggers for process-stop
• Refine clinical standard work
• Implement advanced daily management

Level 5: Optimize

• Refine the problem-solving skills of all employees