Lean Management—The Journey from Toyota to Healthcare

The evolution of production systems is tightly linked to the story of Toyota Motor Company (TMC) that has its roots around 1918. The term “lean” was coined in 1990 following the exploration of the Toyota model that led to the “transference” thesis sustaining the concept that manufacturing problems a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sorin T. Teich, Fady F. Faddoul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Rambam Health Care Campus 2013-04-01
Series:Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://rmmj.org.il/Pages/ArticleHTM.aspx?manuId=265