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Leveraging Lean in Ancillary Hospital Services
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Leveraging Lean in Ancillary Hospital Services

by Charles Protzman, Joyce Kerpchar, George Mayzell
December 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
354 pages
15h 2m
English
Productivity Press
Content preview from Leveraging Lean in Ancillary Hospital Services
314 Appendix: Glossary
Ishikawa diagram: Referred to as a shbone used to graphically display cause and effect and to
get to the root cause.
Item number: Normally a part number or stock number for a part.
Jidoka: Automation with a human touch or mind, autonomation. Automatic machinery that will
operate itself but always incorporates the following devices: a mechanism to detect abnor-
malities or defects and a mechanism to stop the machine or line when defects or abnor-
malities occur.
Job costing: Where costs are collected and allocated to a certain job or charge number. Can be
based on actual or standard costs.
Job description: List of roles and responsibilities for a particular job.
Job rotation: Schedule of movement from machine to machine or proc ...
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