A test of the design rules in health care

2006 IIE Annual Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ghosh, Manimay ^a   Sobek II, Durward K ^a  

^a Idaho National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Lean health care; Process improvement; Toyota

Indexed keywords

LEAN HEALTH CARE; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; TOYOTA (CO); TOYOTA PRODUCTION SYSTEMS;

HEALTH CARE; LOGIC PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 84858463907     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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