BACKGROUND With health care costs continuing to rise, a variety of process improvement methodologies have been proposed to address the reported inefficiencies in health care delivery. Lean production is one such method. The management philosophy and tools of lean production come from the manufacturing industry, where they were pioneered by Toyota Motor Corporation, which is viewed as the leader...

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Abstract Interest in applying a “lean” philosophy to design has been slowly growing recent years, but there are still few broadly applicable methodologies and illustrative cases published the literature guide lean processes. Lean approaches promise cost reduction increased product value, which could be particularly beneficial development for low- middle-income country markets, where value deman...

Having experience with different traditional and agile methodologies in medical information system development and upgrade projects, we support the statement that no single methodology can be used with its full potential in all cases. Instead, mentioned methodologies have their own place in complex software projects and within certain category of sub-projects give the best results. In this pape...

The article explores the techniques and tools of lean manufacturing, formulates concept implementing approaches in transportation enterprises. Lean manufacturing technologies are necessary for industry, their application is already progress many companies with varying speed effectiveness. To achieve this, firstly, existing practices enterprises analysed, secondly, organisation flow individual l...