FEATURE – Hospitals are often part of larger healthcare systems, which makes it critical to learn how to bring lean to such diverse and complex environments. We hear from a large hospital group in Ireland.

CASE STUDY - Össur is recognized as a leader in the fields of prosthetic, osteoarthritis and injury solutions, but how did lean management and a trial-and-error approach to improvement help it to stay competitive?

FEATURE – TPS points us to what needs improving — customer value, quality, flow, people, stability — and kaizen supplies the how, through learning-by-doing. Together, they create adaptiveness, says the author, as he describes Lean as a learning system.

FEATURE – By offering an alternative approach to management, lean thinking has disrupted the business world in the past three decades. But in what way has it really innovated?