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Leveraging Lean in Medical Laboratories
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Leveraging Lean in Medical Laboratories

by Charles Protzman, Joyce Kerpchar, George Mayzell
December 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
330 pages
13h 59m
English
Productivity Press
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50 Leveraging Lean in Medical Laboratories
N next steps
N stands for next steps (Figure 3.5). Once we know we have a compelling need to change and know
and understand the vision, we need to determine the next steps (not just the rst) to get to the vision.
These steps come from assessing where we currently are relative to the vision. If the “Lean road-
map” of how we are going to achieve the vision is communicated and people gain an understanding
of it, this will help diminish the resistance to change.
S sustain
The nal letter, S, stands for sustain, which we have added to the original equation (Figure 3.6). Once
we have implemented our next ...
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ISBN: 9781482234473