The power of the Arrow
INTERVIEW - The Food&Beverage department of the Gran Tacande Hotel in Tenerife has been using a powerful visual management tool to effectively visualize and track the variables impacting the work flow.
Interviewees: Francisco Javier Medina, Fran Segovia González, Antonio López
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THE INTERVIEWEES
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PROFILE – What does one learn from working for Toyota over 40 years? This Australian leader has developed a unique holistic view, and a strong set of technical and social skills.
FEATURE - A first Jishuken at a struggling injection parts supplier reveals how MIFA, PCC, and mizusumashi transformed push scheduling into pull flow—reducing delays and revealing Lean's real lesson: developing thinkers, not just deploying tools.
PROFILE – In this new section, Planet Lean features some of the most inspirational lean leaders out there. For the first profile, we have selected James Hereford, a former high school teacher who is now leading his third healthcare transformation.
CASE STUDY – How lean concepts and practices are addressing and reversing increases in hospital infections, staff absences and transfers in the intensive care units of this Brazilian hospital.
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FEATURE – Dreamplace Hotels in Tenerife have been on an improvement journey for several years, but only recently did they find a way to truly become a learning organization: lean thinking.
CASE STUDY – This hotel in Spain has been able to leverage Lean Thinking in its restaurant to successfully adapt to the new Covid-19 regulations enforced in the country, becoming more efficient along the way.
VIDEO INTERVIEW – This hotel in the Canary Islands is bringing lean to its Kitchen Department, hoping to streamline the process and provide a better service to diners.
FEATURE – The lean mindset Legal Sea Foods has developed is allowing the company to run bold, aggressive experiments that might some day reinvent the way their restaurant kitchens work.