Open Letter to Hospital Chairperson of the Board

Hospital Chairman of the Board

Dear Chairperson:

Firstly, let me paint a picture of your future Hospital System after implementing the expertise of the 6+ Sigma Toyota Production System. The advantages of a maniacal  focus on processes:

• Everyone in the Hospital System is directed toward success,
• Above all, the Hospital System focuses on the value they produce,

• Everyone on a Value Stream becomes a quality inspector through the use of andon:
  1. andon is the stoppage of a process when a defect is detected,
  2. Continuously remove Defects,
  3. Toyota still receives about 800 andon stops per year per manufacturing plant, and
  4. Toyota has a strategy to minimize the impact of stoppages.

Take Control of Suppliers, Seek Perfection

• Suppliers work to create a just-in-time system where they can decrease your costs,
• Protect Patients from a Hospital Acquired Infection by implementing a Patient Safety Program,
• All smaller but often purchased items can be put into a double bin system to decrease inventory costs and increase availability,

• Hospital System Seeking Perfection:
  1. At a rate of about 1 idea a month,
  2. Management defines idea direction,
  3. Toyota will not expand to a new plant unless they have a critical mass of employees that know this procedure,
  4. This is how come no competitor will ever catch Toyota, and
  5. Therefore, your culture changes to one of winning.

• Implement the Pull Methodology wherever possible to increase process speed and minimize inventory waste,
• Certainly, decrease Emergency Room costs with a new innovation,

• Firstly, implement Lean Six Sigma to:
  1. Consequently, increase process velocity,
  2. Decrease process costs, and
  3. Increase process quality.

• Report success metrics to management, and
• Your organization no longer worries about the competition but welcomes them. Your Hospital System will get stronger year after year.

The Toyota Production System is a 6+ Sigma System and there’s no reason how come your Hospital Organization cannot strive for that level of performance. The above list is but a short summary of how your future Hospital Organization will function.

Sincerely,

Jim FitzGerald

Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt

844-575-9210

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