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2005-01-01 · 1 min read · Edit on Pyrite

A healthcare application of lean by daniel-t-jones, focused on the UK National Health Service. This entry documents a gap in the KB's coverage of Jones's sector-expansion work in the lean-expansion-era.

Research needed

The details of this work are uncertain and require verification:

  • Title: "Lean Thinking for the NHS" is an approximate title (unverified). The actual title should be verified.
  • Date: The approximate date listed (2005) is a placeholder based on the period when Jones and the lean-enterprise-academy were actively working with the NHS. The exact year is unverified.
  • Publication: "NHS Confederation" is a plausible but unverified publisher. Jones worked with multiple NHS bodies; the actual commissioning or publishing organization should be confirmed.
  • Format: Whether this was a standalone report, a pamphlet, a chapter in a larger document, or a presentation deck is unclear.
  • Co-authors or contributors: Unknown.
  • Relationship to LEA work: Whether this was an official LEA publication or a separate commission is unclear.

    • Context

    Jones's work applying lean to healthcare is a significant part of his portfolio in the lean-expansion-era. The lean-enterprise-academy in the UK was at the forefront of lean healthcare application, and Jones personally worked with NHS trusts on lean transformation. Healthcare lean is one of the most significant downstream transmissions of the Womack/Jones framework, reaching domains far removed from automotive manufacturing.

    A fact-checker should: search the LEA website archives and Jones's bibliography for NHS-specific publications; check the NHS Confederation and NHS Improvement publication archives; verify whether Jones contributed to any official NHS transformation reports from the 2000s.

    Relationship to broader healthcare lean movement

    Jones's healthcare lean work connects to a large literature on lean in healthcare that developed independently, though this KB focuses on Jones's direct contributions. The lean-transmission-chain note provides context on how lean principles were adapted for healthcare.

    Linked from

    Daniel Jones Founds the Lean Enterprise Academy Lean Enterprise Academy Lean Expansion Era: Beyond Manufacturing to Healthcare, Services, and Knowledge Work LEI Institution-Building Era: Creating the Global Lean Infrastructure Rethinking Construction: The Report of the Construction Task Force (Egan Report) Lean Critique Literature: Abstraction, Cultural Context, and Domain Overextension

    Links to

    Daniel T. Jones Lean Expansion Era: Beyond Manufacturing to Healthcare, Services, and Knowledge Work Lean Enterprise Academy The Lean Transmission Chain: Ohno/Shingo → Womack/Jones → Poppendiecks → Ries