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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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139Basic Lean Concepts and Tools– Assessment and Analyze
effectively doubling their capacity. The concept of eliminating waste in motions and transforming
them into work is known as labor density. The formula for this is work divided by motion with a goal
of 100%.
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One thing to keep in mind is that not all motion is work. Only work that is value-added
or necessary should be considered true work.
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Japanese Management Association, Kanban Just-in-Time (New York: Productivity Press) 1986.
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ISBN: 9781482234473