
226 Leveraging Lean in Medical Laboratories
forth outlining what you in to accomplish to attain that vision. Many organizations leverage Hoshin
planning (policy deployment) as their strategic planning methodology. As your strategic plan is
developed, each objective identied should include measures dening success related to quality,
cost and delivery. Lean initiatives should be aligned to the objectives within your strategic plan.
If this alignment process is absent, projects tend to emerge based on immediate issues, rather than
being strategically prioritized. Establishing organizational measures and alignment to Lean project
measures creat ...