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Jidoka applied to medical education. What a day. The University of Kentucky News announced that they are Applying Lean Manufacturing to Medical Education.
The article Lessons from Industry: One School's Transformation Towards "Lean" Curricular Governance is one of the most interesting articles on application of Lean manufacturing I have read in a long while. This article is sure to please both Lean junkies and curricular governance junkies both.
Any time the Toyota Production System is examined from a different perspective, re-framed, and made to work in a new context, we can all learn from the result. I highly recommend taking the time to read this article. You are sure to find something you can apply back into your Lean manufacturing, Lean healthcare or Lean administrative efforts.
By Jon Miller - April 23, 2007 7:28 PM
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