As Vietnam’s productivity is one of the lowest in Asia, the “Made in Vietnam” lean management model is considered an effective solution to the country’s productivity issues in the Industry 4.0 era. As ...

In this chapter we will begin to dissect the inner workings of the Lean Extended Enterprise Reference Model and focus on explaining the various panels of value stream integration. We will also present ...

Whether you use Scientific Management, Lean, Agile or beyond, if you don’t plan technology changes accordingly, you’re on the road to chaos. To be greater than the sum of your parts, you must first ...

Elon Musk, the visionary entrepreneur who launched a Tesla convertible into outer space on Feb. 6, is nothing if not audacious. So when he told investment analysts the next day that his Silicon Valley ...

What does car manufacturer Toyota and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University have in common? More than you might think. Hospitalists at the Palo Alto, Calif.-based children’s ...

Kaiser Permanente is trying to cut fat, but not from its patients waistlines. The Oakland health care giant is looking to make its Southern California operations more efficient, and in doing so, it’s ...

It is not just leadership, culture and technology that lead to startup success, but also speed, timing and a sense of purpose. It has become easier than ever before to launch prototypes and get ...

The objective of this work is to improve the quality of patient care in the admission office service of the University Hospital Virgen del Rocío (HUVR) by standardizing and systematizing its ...