1st Edition

5S for Healthcare

By Thomas L. Jackson Copyright 2009
142 Pages 65 B/W Illustrations
by Productivity Press

142 Pages
by Productivity Press

142 Pages
by Productivity Press

While there are a growing number of books based on the Toyota Production System, or lean, focused on healthcare, there are very few that detail the tools that make lean more than just a way of thinking and put the methodology into practice. Based on Hiroyuki Hirano's classic 5 Pillars of the Visual Workplace and modeled after the Shingo Prize-winning Shopfloor Series for Lean... Read more

Preface by J. Michael Rona and Thomas Jackson

Acknowledgements

Getting Started

Introduction

The first pillar: sort

The second pillar: set in order

The third pillar: shine

The fourth pillar: standardize

The fifth pillar: sustain

Reflections and conclusions

Biography

Thomas L. Jackson