Joan Wellman and Associates, Inc. building methodology to support lean healthcare over the last 10 years at Seattle Children’s. Factory Efficiency Comes to the Hospital
July 11, 2010  New York Times Business Section

Joan Wellman joins faculty of the Lean Enterprise Institute.”
“Long Term Planning for Lean Healthcare” is a day long session to develop plans for lean healthcare Methods, Management Systems and Mindset.” The course was offered at the Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit.

LeanBlog Podcast #80 – Joan Wellman, Lean in Healthcare by Mark Graban on December 4, 2009 LeanBlog: A blog about Lean in hospitals, business, and the world around us.

JWA’s Lean Facility Design Critical to Reducing Healthcare Costs.
JWA’s lean facility design process has been applied in a wide variety of facility projects and is a
growing part of our consulting practice. We partner with healthcare organizations, architects, and
contractors to achieve lean outcomes in both the design process and in the lean transformation of
operations.

New in 2010…North American Study Trip: Management Systems for the Lean Enterprise.
This week long trip will provide healthcare executives insights on how lean organizations use their
management systems to drive success. The focus will be on Daily Management Systems, Cross
Functional Management, and Policy Deployment/Hoshin Kanri.
To learn more about this trip, contact joan@joanwellmanassociates.com.

New in 2010…Advanced Lean Healthcare Training
Many lean experts in healthcare are familiar with the basic principles, tools, and methods and are ready for more. This five day course will give participants advanced understanding of how to evaluate a complex process, design work cells, and “relayout” an
area. (See SEMINAR SERIES for more information.)

Seattle Children’s and JWA continue to collaborate in 2010.
After many years of partnering as consultants/clients, JWA and Seattle Children’s began to collaborate in 2008 by coupling a two day Seattle Children’s Continuous Performance improvement Showcase with a five day JWA Lean Leader Training. We recommend first attending the Seattle Children’s CPI Showcase to see the application of Toyota principles to a healthcare enterprise and then attend JWA Lean Leader Training to gain more in-depth knowledge of Toyota principles that form the foundation for Seattle Children’s lean transformation. For information on how to register for these events, go to the SEMINAR SERIES or www.seattlechildrens.org/cpiconsulting.

New 5S for Healthcare Workshop Kit available.
Everything you need to conduct a 5S workshop “in a kit” to improve healthcare safety while reducing training time, search time, wasted time, and resources. This kit is the culmination of a decade of JWA’s experience in transferring 5S from the factory floor to the healthcare setting. The kit includes 5S Coach Guide, Team Member Guides (8), 5S Workshop Forms, 5S for Healthcare DVD, Laminated Reference Tools/Signs, and 5S Training Posters. Additional Team Member Guides, 5S Forms, and 5S for Healthcare DVD’s are available for reorder. [TO ORDER: ONLINE STORE]

2010 JWA Lean Healthcare Seminars are now filling.
Additional courses have been added in 2010. Read More . . .