Hoshin kanri for the lean enterprise Hoshin Kanri for the Lean Enterprise, is Rona Consulting Group Principal Tom Jackson’s new workbook for understanding and implementing hoshin kanri (aka policy management and policy deployment), the most important development in management control systems since the invention of modern management accounting and financial control at General Motors over 80 years ago. In 2007, Tom’s book was honored with a prestigious Shingo Prize for research. 5S for Healthcare Forthcoming later this year from the Rona Consulting Group and Productivity Press, edited by Tom Jackson. The book is based on the Shingo Prize-winning Shop Floor Series, which set a benchmark in lean publishing for clarity and accessibility. This version will contain language and examples appropriate for the healthcare audience, while preserving the original thinking of the Japanese managers and consultants who first created and codified the methods of lean operations.Shingo.html

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The American Health Care System: A Wasteland of Opportunity J. Michael Rona, “The American Health Care System: A Wasteland of Opportunity,” Future State: The Journal of Competitive Lean Thinking, (online journal: http://www.leanexecs.com/digest/) Summer 2007. 97.1% Perfect J. Michael Rona, “97.1 Percent Perfect,” Journal of Healthcare Management, 50/2 (March/April 2005): 87-93. http://www.leanexecs.com/digest/publications_files/Wasteland_of_Opportunity.pdfshapeimage_3_link_0
Letter from the Leadership Patti Crome, “Letter from the Leadership,” Voice of Nursing Leadership: The American Organization of Nurse Executives’ Newsletter, May 2006. Also see “Staffing Solutions: An In-House Agency,” Nursing Management, August 1993.publications_files/Voice%20Newsletter--May%202006--Patti%20Crome%20Letter%20from%20the%20Leadership%20for%20web.pdf
Withdrawal Treatment Vanessa Furhmans, “Withdrawal Treatment: A Novel Plan Helps a Hospital Wean Itself Off Pricey Tests,” The Wall Street Journal, January 12, 2007. This article relates how our Senior Medical Consultant, Donald D. Storey (formerly Senior Mecical Director for Aetna’s) and Virginia Mason’s Chief Medical Officer worked to help Virginia Mason save its big contract with Starbucks by applying lean thinking to revamp “how it treated some expensive ailments, cutting down some high-tech tests and high-end specialists.” This article is available as a free download from the Texas Physical Therapy Specialists at http://texpts.com/news.asp?CategoryID=21. To order (in bulk) directly from the Wall Street Journal, go to http://djreprints.com. http://texpts.com/news.asp?CategoryID=21http://djreprints.compublications_files/Voice%20Newsletter--May%202006--Patti%20Crome%20Letter%20from%20the%20Leadership%20for%20web_1.pdfshapeimage_5_link_0shapeimage_5_link_1