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KaiNexus, a web and iOS-based software company that “makes improvement easier” for over fifteen healthcare organizations across the United States has impressive ROI figures based on real customer data.

"It's never to early to Iearn Lean thinking... including in the womb," says author Mark...

KaiNexus, a web and iOS-based software company that makes improvement easier for healthcare organizations, announced that Jamie Flinchbaugh has become a member of KaiNexus’s advisory board. Flinchbaugh has also invested in KaiNexus.

KaiNexus, a web-based software company that makes improvement easier for healthcare organizations, announced today that Centra Health, based in Lynchburg, Virginia, has signed a commercial license.

KaiNexus, a web-based software company that makes improvement easier for healthcare organizations, announced today the release of the revised second edition of the book "Lean Hospitals" by Mark Graban, the company’s Chief Improvement Officer.

KaiNexus, a web-based software company that makes improvement easier for healthcare organizations, announced today the addition of Steve Good to their senior technical team, joining the company as Principal Architect.

Written by a Shingo Prize-winning author and Lean sensei, Lean Leadership for Healthcare: Approaches to Lean Transformation explains how to apply Lean improvement to both clinical and non-clinical processes.

KaiNexus, a web and iOS-based software company that “makes improvement easier” for over fifteen healthcare organizations across the United States has impressive ROI figures based on real customer data.

"It's never to early to Iearn Lean thinking... including in the womb," says author Mark...

Unleashing the Power of 3P: The Key to Breakthrough Improvement follows Pete and his team as they journey through Lean and the Production Preparation Process (3P).

Lean Advisors is offering a free webinar on, “Management Capacity: Creating Standard Leadership Roles for the Lean Supervisor.” The webinar will be presented by Mike Boucher, our Vice President of Client Services.

New Book on Engaging Front-Line Staff in Sustainable Continuous Improvements in Hospitals

Joe Swartz and Mark Graban were guests on the Business901 Podcast that is sponsored by the Lean Marketing Lab.

Chief Improvement Officer of KaiNexus, Mark Graban, announced today his new book, "Healthcare Kaizen: Engaging Front-Line Staff in Sustainable Continuous Improvements," co-authored with Joseph Swartz, will be available online on June 27.

The Seven Kata: Toyota Kata, TWI, and Lean Training supplies time-tested tools and advice to help readers adapt to changing conditions and outcompete their rivals.

ETO Metalworking and Woodworking Find Profitability Through Trakware

Trakware Systems Proves Perfect for ETO Woodworking Manufacturing

TRAKware ETO Software Helps Bearwood Focus on Fixture Related Products

Trakware Sees Increase Use by ETO Metal Fabricators, one of the sectors the software covers

Woodworking Manufacturers Turn to Trakware Systems to Manage Project Management

Engineer to Order Manufacturers Seek Trakware Cost Estimation with QuickBooks

A compilation of more than a century of combined experience from management-level employees who supply little-known insights about the Toyota Production System (TPS)—featuring many who worked directly with Taiichi Ohno.

KaiNexus, a web and iOS-based software company that makes improvement easier for healthcare organizations, announced that Jamie Flinchbaugh has become a member of KaiNexus’s advisory board. Flinchbaugh has also invested in KaiNexus.

KaiNexus, a web-based software company that makes improvement easier for healthcare organizations, announced today that Centra Health, based in Lynchburg, Virginia, has signed a commercial license.

KaiNexus, a web-based software company that makes improvement easier for healthcare organizations, announced today the release of the revised second edition of the book "Lean Hospitals" by Mark Graban, the company’s Chief Improvement Officer.

KaiNexus, a web-based software company that makes improvement easier for healthcare organizations, announced today the addition of Steve Good to their senior technical team, joining the company as Principal Architect.

University of North Carolina Health Care System Moves Forward with KaiNexus' Web-based Software that "Makes Improvement Easier" in Healthcare

Mark Graban, author of the book "Lean Hospitals," has joined KaiNexus as Chief Improvement Officer, supporting their mission of "making improvement easier" for healthcare organizations.

Your Customers' Perception of Quality introduces a ground-breaking model for measuring the impact of quality perception on your bottom line. It paves a concrete connection between customer perception and increased profitability.

Bruce Hamilton (aka The Toast Guy aka Old Lean Dude) interviewed for Small Biz Kaizen podcast series

GBMP Lean Training DVD, "Toast Value Stream Mapping", to Receive Award at The International Shingo Prize Conference

When I provide training in Lean Process and Six Sigma, and facilitate Kaizen workshops in Pharmaceutical R&D, people often ask if the application of Lean is compatible with the intrinsically innovative nature of research, or drug discovery in R&D.

Published on the eve of the 10th year VMPS has been in use, Transforming Health Care: Virginia Mason Medical Center’s Pursuit of the Perfect Patient Experience chronicles Virginia Mason’s dramatic transformation.

Toyota Kaizen Methods: Six Steps to Improvement focuses on the skills and techniques practiced inside Toyota Motor Corporation during the past decades. Written by Art Smalley and Isao Kato, two of Toyota's most revered and experienced trainers.

The Buker, Inc. organization, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois is an international management education and consulting firm that works with manufacturing and distribution companies

Business901 Podcast with Shingo Prize winning author, Mark Hamel

Guest was Ankit Patel, founder of Lean Way Consulting based in Nashville, TN

Whilst we move towards a creative society with design and user experience at the top of agendas, publishers of information are looking for new ways to capture the ever decreasing attention span of its readers.

Wirral based business improvement training company; Kaizen Consultancy & Training Services (KCTS) is to deliver their flag-ship Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Instructor Course to world leading plasterboard manufacturer, Saint Gobain Gyproc.

Wilson's Topic: Are you Engaged in Continuous Improvement or Continuous Catch-up?

Spencer Industries Inc. received Kubota Manufacturing of America’s Kaizen Award for the best over-all Kaizen and commitment to Kubota Manufacturing of America.

Systems2win a supplier of Excel Templates for Lean Kaizen Continuous improvement tools has introduced the Lean Starter Toolkit that includes a selection of downloadable templates, videos and instructions.

New custom multi-color labels from Graphic Products, Inc. allow the customer to order custom label designs and colors on one-inch to four-inch vinyl supply compatible with DuraLabel PRO printers.

A 5S Standard Color Code Guide, showing the color coding system commonly used with 5S, is available free from Graphic Products, Inc. There are no published standards for 5S color coding, but as a result of common use a defacto standard has developed.