This is a transcription of a Business901 Podcast with Dr. Sami Bahri. Dr. Bahri utilizes Lean in his Dental practice and discusses how other professionals may be able to utilize Lean principles.
Ruth Angevine has lived a life of experiences as a community worker, volunteer, leader, mentor, caregiver, and animal lover. Her education and life experiences have led her to pursue a career in human services to help and inspire clients. She considers communication, problem-solving, and achieving goals as her strengths and sees her hearing disability as her main weakness, though she is working to manage it. Overall, she feels her qualifications and passion for the field make her well-suited for a human services role.
This document discusses dental pain from the perspective of a patient's psychology and experience. It provides suggestions for dentists to help ease a patient's fears and anxieties. The key points made include starting the appointment with simple questions to make the patient comfortable, taking time to explain procedures in non-technical terms, using gentle examination techniques, and addressing any failures in a calm and understanding manner. The overall goal is to help patients feel at ease by building trust and managing their psychological response to dental care.
Presenter: Fred Smith
Presented at the Georgia Libraries Conference in Macon, GA on 10/10/2019.
Fred Smith has been an academic librarian in Georgia for 42 years. He will share ideas on how to manage for high morale; best practices for public service will be covered, dealing with problem patrons, his thoughts on hiring and staff evaluation and more.
Este documento resume los conceptos clave de la gestión del talento humano. En 3 oraciones: La gestión del talento humano se refiere a las políticas y prácticas necesarias para dirigir los recursos humanos de una organización, incluyendo el reclutamiento, selección, capacitación y evaluación del desempeño. El documento también describe los cuatro enfoques de la gestión del talento humano - enfocado en el futuro estratégico, las personas, los procesos cotidianos y los procesos - y explica que la misión, vis
GlobRes is a leading provider of hotel distribution services based in Switzerland. They offer a full suite of services including a central reservation system, global distribution through GDS networks, web and mobile booking engines, channel connectivity, and marketing programs. Their customer support team provides dedicated account managers to each hotel to optimize revenue and maximize performance across channels. GlobRes uses industry-leading technology and ensures high standards to provide hotels with solutions to grow reservations and revenue through affordable distribution solutions.
Internet es una red descentralizada de redes interconectadas que utiliza protocolos como TCP/IP para garantizar que las redes heterogéneas funcionen como una red lógica única a nivel mundial. TCP es uno de los protocolos fundamentales de Internet, creado en los años 1970 para permitir la transmisión de datos entre computadoras conectadas a través de redes de datos. Otros protocolos como FTP, HTML, Telnet y correo electrónico permiten la transferencia de archivos, publicación de páginas web, acceso remoto a otras máquinas y envío/
Este documento define y describe el concepto de e-learning. Explica que el e-learning implica procesos de enseñanza-aprendizaje a través de Internet, caracterizados por la separación física entre profesores y estudiantes pero con comunicación síncrona y asíncrona. También describe las características, beneficios, tipos (síncrono y asíncrono) y aplicaciones del e-learning, incluyendo capacitación autodirigida, facilitada y cursos de salón de clases dirigidos por la web.
Este documento describe los desafíos de salud que enfrentan los adolescentes peruanos y presenta una propuesta para mejorar su bienestar integral a través de una clínica especializada. Resalta que muchos adolescentes viven en pobreza y están en riesgo de enfermedades prevenibles, embarazos no deseados y violencia. La clínica ofrecería detección temprana, consejería multidisciplinaria, talleres de estilos de vida saludables y actividades recreativas para promover su desarrollo saludable.
Ruth Angevine has lived a life of experiences as a community worker, volunteer, leader, mentor, caregiver, and animal lover. Her education and life experiences have led her to pursue a career in human services to help and inspire clients. She considers communication, problem-solving, and achieving goals as her strengths and sees her hearing disability as her main weakness, though she is working to manage it. Overall, she feels her qualifications and passion for the field make her well-suited for a human services role.
This document discusses dental pain from the perspective of a patient's psychology and experience. It provides suggestions for dentists to help ease a patient's fears and anxieties. The key points made include starting the appointment with simple questions to make the patient comfortable, taking time to explain procedures in non-technical terms, using gentle examination techniques, and addressing any failures in a calm and understanding manner. The overall goal is to help patients feel at ease by building trust and managing their psychological response to dental care.
Presenter: Fred Smith
Presented at the Georgia Libraries Conference in Macon, GA on 10/10/2019.
Fred Smith has been an academic librarian in Georgia for 42 years. He will share ideas on how to manage for high morale; best practices for public service will be covered, dealing with problem patrons, his thoughts on hiring and staff evaluation and more.
Este documento resume los conceptos clave de la gestión del talento humano. En 3 oraciones: La gestión del talento humano se refiere a las políticas y prácticas necesarias para dirigir los recursos humanos de una organización, incluyendo el reclutamiento, selección, capacitación y evaluación del desempeño. El documento también describe los cuatro enfoques de la gestión del talento humano - enfocado en el futuro estratégico, las personas, los procesos cotidianos y los procesos - y explica que la misión, vis
GlobRes is a leading provider of hotel distribution services based in Switzerland. They offer a full suite of services including a central reservation system, global distribution through GDS networks, web and mobile booking engines, channel connectivity, and marketing programs. Their customer support team provides dedicated account managers to each hotel to optimize revenue and maximize performance across channels. GlobRes uses industry-leading technology and ensures high standards to provide hotels with solutions to grow reservations and revenue through affordable distribution solutions.
Internet es una red descentralizada de redes interconectadas que utiliza protocolos como TCP/IP para garantizar que las redes heterogéneas funcionen como una red lógica única a nivel mundial. TCP es uno de los protocolos fundamentales de Internet, creado en los años 1970 para permitir la transmisión de datos entre computadoras conectadas a través de redes de datos. Otros protocolos como FTP, HTML, Telnet y correo electrónico permiten la transferencia de archivos, publicación de páginas web, acceso remoto a otras máquinas y envío/
Este documento define y describe el concepto de e-learning. Explica que el e-learning implica procesos de enseñanza-aprendizaje a través de Internet, caracterizados por la separación física entre profesores y estudiantes pero con comunicación síncrona y asíncrona. También describe las características, beneficios, tipos (síncrono y asíncrono) y aplicaciones del e-learning, incluyendo capacitación autodirigida, facilitada y cursos de salón de clases dirigidos por la web.
Este documento describe los desafíos de salud que enfrentan los adolescentes peruanos y presenta una propuesta para mejorar su bienestar integral a través de una clínica especializada. Resalta que muchos adolescentes viven en pobreza y están en riesgo de enfermedades prevenibles, embarazos no deseados y violencia. La clínica ofrecería detección temprana, consejería multidisciplinaria, talleres de estilos de vida saludables y actividades recreativas para promover su desarrollo saludable.
El documento discute las estrategias de comercio electrónico en el sector minorista. Explica que a pesar de un crecimiento económico mundial más lento de lo esperado en 2013, las ventas minoristas en línea han crecido considerablemente. También destaca que Internet ha permitido una interacción más fluida entre la información en línea y fuera de línea, aunque todavía es necesario mejorar esta relación. Finalmente, analiza comportamientos como el "showrooming" y cómo los minoristas pueden atraer a los consumidores tanto en tiendas físic
Este documento describe los diferentes tipos de operadores eléctricos, incluyendo generadores, conductores, receptores, elementos de conexión, protección y control. Explica que los generadores producen corriente eléctrica a partir de energía mecánica, los conductores transmiten la corriente, y los receptores la convierten en otras formas de energía como luz o calor. También cubre las mediciones eléctricas básicas y los diferentes tipos de circuitos.
Memoria fiscal 2010 fiscal de sala coordinador de extranjeríaIntegraLocal
La `Memoria para 2010´ fue presentada el jueves 15 de septiembre de 2011 con motivo de la apertura del Año Judicial. Este apartado concreto de la misma se refiere a extranjería. Según la Fiscalía General, la ruta migratoria de los menores no acompañados consistió en el año 2010 en la entrada por Ceuta, Melilla y Algeciras (Cádiz), normalmente ocultos en vehículos a motor, o en embarcaciones por el Mediterráneo, para después dirigirse al norte de España y desde allí, a Madrid y Barcelona.
This document promotes the Profectus Program from Qinesis Marketing, which offers business growth techniques and marketing expertise to help businesses grow and get ahead of competitors for a monthly fee starting at £149. The program provides solutions for businesses that want to grow but don't have the time or think growth is costly. Interested businesses are encouraged to contact Qinesis Marketing directly by phone or email for more information.
1) La era de la información ha cuestionado los métodos tradicionales de planificación estratégica y gestión de la información, que deben ser reemplazados por enfoques más ágiles, flexibles y participativos.
2) Search conference Momentum surge de la fusión de metodologías de planificación organizacional, técnicas de creatividad y animación de grupos.
3) El artículo presenta las características clave de Search conference Momentum y los factores que contribuyen a su éxito en la implementación.
Este experimento muestra cómo tres sustancias líquidas de diferente densidad (agua, aceite y alcohol) se estratifican en un vaso uno sobre otro de forma ordenada. Al introducir objetos sólidos de diferentes densidades como madera, aluminio o popotes, éstos se hunden hasta detenerse en el líquido cuya densidad sea menor o igual a la suya, mostrando así la relación entre la densidad de un cuerpo y la fuerza de empuje que ejerce sobre él un líquido.
El documento describe las diferencias entre los verbos ser y estar en español. Ser se usa para características permanentes, profesiones, origen, nacionalidad, hora/fecha y posesión. Estar se usa para ubicación, sentimientos y condiciones, que pueden cambiar. El documento también incluye ejemplos para practicar el uso correcto de ser y estar.
El documento describe la informatización de una nueva empresa, incluyendo la elección de hardware y software para cada departamento. Se eligió Windows, Android y OpenOffice como sistemas operativos y software de oficina. También se compraron ordenadores, tabletas y teléfonos para cada puesto de trabajo según sus necesidades, como ordenadores para secretaría, desarrollo web y dirección, y tabletas para comerciales. El coste total fue de 4985,9 euros.
Un atelier proposé dans le cadre des "Rendez-Vous Numériques Royan Atlantique" saison 2014-2015 : "Comprendre Google et augmenter la visibilité de son entreprise".
This document discusses the roles and responsibilities of real estate consultants versus agents. It outlines key objectives in a real estate transaction such as pricing a home at its fair market value and timing the sale within a desired period. It also provides tips for preparing a home for sale, marketing strategies, and guiding a sale through inspections and closing.
La oposición obtuvo la mayoría del voto popular en las elecciones parlamentarias de 2010, mientras que el oficialismo obtuvo la mayoría de curules en la Asamblea Nacional. A pesar de que la oposición recibió más votos, el sistema electoral venezolano no cumple con el principio de representación proporcional establecido en la constitución, lo que llevó a una sobrerrepresentación de los estados menos poblados a favor del oficialismo.
List solutions PMX Agency direct mail capabilities agenciesDan Marcelis
PMX AGENCY is a leading, independent direct mail, offline and digital marketing agency. We partner with our clients to identify, acquire, and retain their best customers across channels. We combine best-of-breed solutions along with the business strategy, media and creative expertise, and analytical insights necessary to deliver superior results that positively impact our client’s brands.
Mobility Live Warehouse es una solución en tiempo real y PDA, pensada para la gestión y control de almacenes que necesiten recibir o servir pedidos, creación de albaranes para la entradas y salidas sin petición previa, realizartraspasos entre almacenes e inventario a más de poder imprimir albaranes y etiquetas de producto y de envío.
Este documento describe las diferencias entre las ciencias naturales y sociales, y los enfoques explicativo y comprensivo en las ciencias sociales. El enfoque explicativo trata a la sociedad como un organismo y busca leyes causales, mientras que el enfoque comprensivo se enfoca en el significado de las acciones desde la perspectiva de los individuos. También discute conceptos como instituciones, lenguaje y vida cotidiana, y cómo estos elementos objetivos y subjetivos dan forma a la realidad social.
6 Ways to Leverage the Google Search Appliance in your EnterpriseEd Laczynski
6 Ways to Leverage the Google Search Appliance in your Enterprise provides an overview of the power of the Google Search Appliance. Six interesting cases are provided.
GAO-03-149 Military Personnel Management and Oversight of Selective Reenlistm...Brian James
The Navy and Air Force have not fully followed their own criteria for selecting military specialties eligible for reenlistment bonuses. As a result, the number of eligible specialties and personnel receiving bonuses has expanded significantly, causing costs to more than triple from 1997 to 2002. The Department of Defense has not provided adequate oversight of the program and canceled guidance establishing criteria for specialty selection. Improved management and oversight are needed to ensure the program's goals are met cost-effectively.
El documento describe un proyecto llamado "EducARTE" que examina la influencia del arte en los niños. El proyecto define el arte y cómo afecta a las áreas personales y escolares de la vida. Los objetivos son demostrar que el arte estimula la creatividad y las actitudes de los niños. Se planea informar a padres y maestros sobre los beneficios del arte en los niños a través de programas en las escuelas.
This individual has worked in almost every role within dentistry, from dental nurse to practice manager to starting their own consultancy business. They explain how they overcame obstacles through their dental nurse training and working in a variety of practices, gaining experience in areas like cosmetic dentistry, private practice management, and marketing. They provide advice for dental nurses on improving themselves, emphasizing with patients, and understanding that there are many career paths beyond direct patient care roles.
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The speaker shares about their journey from 3 years ago when they could not imagine giving a senior speech, to now standing on the Principia Ridgeway stage. They discuss how their introduction to Christian Science through a family member opened them up to new opportunities, leading them to Principia where they are honored to share their story. The speech looks back on their unexpected journey and growth over the past few years.
The Me first initiative aims to improve communication between healthcare staff and children/young people (CYP) through developing a communication model, training resources, and an online platform. Me first trains healthcare professionals to center CYP in conversations about their healthcare by involving them in choices/decisions and learning from what works. An evaluation found the Me first masterclass significantly improved attendees' communication skills with CYP in a way that was sustained over 6-8 weeks.
El documento discute las estrategias de comercio electrónico en el sector minorista. Explica que a pesar de un crecimiento económico mundial más lento de lo esperado en 2013, las ventas minoristas en línea han crecido considerablemente. También destaca que Internet ha permitido una interacción más fluida entre la información en línea y fuera de línea, aunque todavía es necesario mejorar esta relación. Finalmente, analiza comportamientos como el "showrooming" y cómo los minoristas pueden atraer a los consumidores tanto en tiendas físic
Este documento describe los diferentes tipos de operadores eléctricos, incluyendo generadores, conductores, receptores, elementos de conexión, protección y control. Explica que los generadores producen corriente eléctrica a partir de energía mecánica, los conductores transmiten la corriente, y los receptores la convierten en otras formas de energía como luz o calor. También cubre las mediciones eléctricas básicas y los diferentes tipos de circuitos.
Memoria fiscal 2010 fiscal de sala coordinador de extranjeríaIntegraLocal
La `Memoria para 2010´ fue presentada el jueves 15 de septiembre de 2011 con motivo de la apertura del Año Judicial. Este apartado concreto de la misma se refiere a extranjería. Según la Fiscalía General, la ruta migratoria de los menores no acompañados consistió en el año 2010 en la entrada por Ceuta, Melilla y Algeciras (Cádiz), normalmente ocultos en vehículos a motor, o en embarcaciones por el Mediterráneo, para después dirigirse al norte de España y desde allí, a Madrid y Barcelona.
This document promotes the Profectus Program from Qinesis Marketing, which offers business growth techniques and marketing expertise to help businesses grow and get ahead of competitors for a monthly fee starting at £149. The program provides solutions for businesses that want to grow but don't have the time or think growth is costly. Interested businesses are encouraged to contact Qinesis Marketing directly by phone or email for more information.
1) La era de la información ha cuestionado los métodos tradicionales de planificación estratégica y gestión de la información, que deben ser reemplazados por enfoques más ágiles, flexibles y participativos.
2) Search conference Momentum surge de la fusión de metodologías de planificación organizacional, técnicas de creatividad y animación de grupos.
3) El artículo presenta las características clave de Search conference Momentum y los factores que contribuyen a su éxito en la implementación.
Este experimento muestra cómo tres sustancias líquidas de diferente densidad (agua, aceite y alcohol) se estratifican en un vaso uno sobre otro de forma ordenada. Al introducir objetos sólidos de diferentes densidades como madera, aluminio o popotes, éstos se hunden hasta detenerse en el líquido cuya densidad sea menor o igual a la suya, mostrando así la relación entre la densidad de un cuerpo y la fuerza de empuje que ejerce sobre él un líquido.
El documento describe las diferencias entre los verbos ser y estar en español. Ser se usa para características permanentes, profesiones, origen, nacionalidad, hora/fecha y posesión. Estar se usa para ubicación, sentimientos y condiciones, que pueden cambiar. El documento también incluye ejemplos para practicar el uso correcto de ser y estar.
El documento describe la informatización de una nueva empresa, incluyendo la elección de hardware y software para cada departamento. Se eligió Windows, Android y OpenOffice como sistemas operativos y software de oficina. También se compraron ordenadores, tabletas y teléfonos para cada puesto de trabajo según sus necesidades, como ordenadores para secretaría, desarrollo web y dirección, y tabletas para comerciales. El coste total fue de 4985,9 euros.
Un atelier proposé dans le cadre des "Rendez-Vous Numériques Royan Atlantique" saison 2014-2015 : "Comprendre Google et augmenter la visibilité de son entreprise".
This document discusses the roles and responsibilities of real estate consultants versus agents. It outlines key objectives in a real estate transaction such as pricing a home at its fair market value and timing the sale within a desired period. It also provides tips for preparing a home for sale, marketing strategies, and guiding a sale through inspections and closing.
La oposición obtuvo la mayoría del voto popular en las elecciones parlamentarias de 2010, mientras que el oficialismo obtuvo la mayoría de curules en la Asamblea Nacional. A pesar de que la oposición recibió más votos, el sistema electoral venezolano no cumple con el principio de representación proporcional establecido en la constitución, lo que llevó a una sobrerrepresentación de los estados menos poblados a favor del oficialismo.
List solutions PMX Agency direct mail capabilities agenciesDan Marcelis
PMX AGENCY is a leading, independent direct mail, offline and digital marketing agency. We partner with our clients to identify, acquire, and retain their best customers across channels. We combine best-of-breed solutions along with the business strategy, media and creative expertise, and analytical insights necessary to deliver superior results that positively impact our client’s brands.
Mobility Live Warehouse es una solución en tiempo real y PDA, pensada para la gestión y control de almacenes que necesiten recibir o servir pedidos, creación de albaranes para la entradas y salidas sin petición previa, realizartraspasos entre almacenes e inventario a más de poder imprimir albaranes y etiquetas de producto y de envío.
Este documento describe las diferencias entre las ciencias naturales y sociales, y los enfoques explicativo y comprensivo en las ciencias sociales. El enfoque explicativo trata a la sociedad como un organismo y busca leyes causales, mientras que el enfoque comprensivo se enfoca en el significado de las acciones desde la perspectiva de los individuos. También discute conceptos como instituciones, lenguaje y vida cotidiana, y cómo estos elementos objetivos y subjetivos dan forma a la realidad social.
6 Ways to Leverage the Google Search Appliance in your EnterpriseEd Laczynski
6 Ways to Leverage the Google Search Appliance in your Enterprise provides an overview of the power of the Google Search Appliance. Six interesting cases are provided.
GAO-03-149 Military Personnel Management and Oversight of Selective Reenlistm...Brian James
The Navy and Air Force have not fully followed their own criteria for selecting military specialties eligible for reenlistment bonuses. As a result, the number of eligible specialties and personnel receiving bonuses has expanded significantly, causing costs to more than triple from 1997 to 2002. The Department of Defense has not provided adequate oversight of the program and canceled guidance establishing criteria for specialty selection. Improved management and oversight are needed to ensure the program's goals are met cost-effectively.
El documento describe un proyecto llamado "EducARTE" que examina la influencia del arte en los niños. El proyecto define el arte y cómo afecta a las áreas personales y escolares de la vida. Los objetivos son demostrar que el arte estimula la creatividad y las actitudes de los niños. Se planea informar a padres y maestros sobre los beneficios del arte en los niños a través de programas en las escuelas.
This individual has worked in almost every role within dentistry, from dental nurse to practice manager to starting their own consultancy business. They explain how they overcame obstacles through their dental nurse training and working in a variety of practices, gaining experience in areas like cosmetic dentistry, private practice management, and marketing. They provide advice for dental nurses on improving themselves, emphasizing with patients, and understanding that there are many career paths beyond direct patient care roles.
How To Make A Hypothesis In Researc. Online assignment writing service.Tracy Hill
The speaker shares about their journey from 3 years ago when they could not imagine giving a senior speech, to now standing on the Principia Ridgeway stage. They discuss how their introduction to Christian Science through a family member opened them up to new opportunities, leading them to Principia where they are honored to share their story. The speech looks back on their unexpected journey and growth over the past few years.
The Me first initiative aims to improve communication between healthcare staff and children/young people (CYP) through developing a communication model, training resources, and an online platform. Me first trains healthcare professionals to center CYP in conversations about their healthcare by involving them in choices/decisions and learning from what works. An evaluation found the Me first masterclass significantly improved attendees' communication skills with CYP in a way that was sustained over 6-8 weeks.
The Me first initiative aims to improve communication between healthcare staff and children/young people (CYP) through developing a communication model, training resources, and online tools. Me first trains healthcare professionals to put CYP at the center of conversations about their healthcare by involving them in choices/decisions and focusing on practical changes that can make a big difference. Evaluation found the Me first masterclass significantly improved attendees' communication skills with CYP in a way that was sustained over 6-8 weeks.
The Me first initiative aims to improve communication between children, young people, and healthcare staff. It has developed (1) a communication model, (2) a one-day masterclass training, and (3) online resources including a website and short films. The model provides a step-by-step framework to center children and young people in conversations about their healthcare, involve them in choices and decisions, and learn from what works well. An evaluation found the one-day training significantly improved attendees' communication skills with young patients in areas like active listening, which were sustained weeks later. The freely available online resources allow the tips and skills to be widely shared and applied.
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This document summarizes Morrighan Humpleby's presentation about how her mental health training has helped her as a service designer. She discusses three key ways the training has helped: 1) It has made her a better active listener through skills like summarizing and asking open questions; 2) It has increased her knowledge and empathy through understanding mental health; 3) It has helped her better understand and manage her own mental health. She emphasizes the importance of these skills for any role that involves working with people.
Some considerations in treatment planning myofunctional orthodontics based on the patients' psychology as well a dental needs in the context of a multi-service orthodontic practice.
This document discusses the career path of dentistry. It provides a brief history of dentistry from its origins in medieval Germany and France to modern developments like water fluoridation. The author notes that while dentistry has long faced perceptions that it is less difficult than medicine, it actually requires similar long hours and hard work. Employment of dentists is expected to grow substantially in coming years due to an aging population seeking dental care. The author believes they are well-suited for a career in dentistry due to their artistic, detail-oriented, and stress-management skills developed through athletics. Their goal is to open their own practice and provide patients with perfect smiles.
The document describes a study that evaluated the impact of a solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) training course on trainees. Three major themes emerged from interviews with former students: increased trust in clients, a more positive outlook, and greater confidence - both in using SFBT and in themselves. Minor themes included an eclectic approach to integrating SFBT, changes in therapeutic language used, and applying SFBT principles to personal life. Overall, participants reported that the training significantly changed their clinical practice and perspectives.
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This document summarizes a student's senior project about early orthodontic treatment. The student chose this topic because they noticed many young children visiting the orthodontist office. The student researched the controversy around early treatment and created an educational product and presentation with their facilitator Lisa. Through the project, the student learned orthodontics is challenging and varied work, and they could see themselves pursuing it as a career due to an interest in oral hygiene.
I kept a learning diary for my entrepreneurship class studies at Tallinn University of Technology. Here is my reflections about entrepreneurship. Enjoy reading!
"Utilizing the experiences and intellect others will transform an idea into action much more quickly that trying to do it yourself alone." -- Dr. Jude Fabiano.
This interview was originally published at https://ideamensch.com/jude-fabiano/.
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The document provides an overview of an Ethics in Business course, including:
1) The course introduces students to ethics in business and encourages them to reflect on their personal values.
2) Topics covered include introductions to ethics, ethics for employees, managers, organizations, and different business disciplines.
3) The culminating project involves students investigating an potential future employer to assess if it meets their ethical standards.
4) Learning artifacts and activities are designed to help students experience ethical challenges and think critically about ethics in business.
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Customer value mapping is a qualitative approach that looks at the perceived value of a product or service from the customer’s perspective.
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Are you looking at growth through the right lenses? Or are you still operating in the Doom Loop? Is your disciplined actions focused on experimentation?
Jim Collins has been talking about the Flywheel Effect for many years and most of us (should) know the intricacies behind the concept. Reviewing the recent book Experimentation Works, author Stefan Thomke reinforces this effect through Booking's Growth Flywheel and his own 7 System Levers.
Expanding on just 3 of the 7 levers:
1. Scale: Number of experiments per week, months, or year
2. Scope: Extent to which an organization’s employees are involved in experiments
3. Speed: Time from formulating a hypothesis to completing an experiment
In the past, I have written about using the Lean trio of SDCA, PDCA, EDCA with an umbrella of CAP-Do or in Non-Lean terms; Standard Work, Continuous Improvement, Design Thinking (Exploration), and Reflection.
In the book, Cracked it!: How to solve big problems and sell solutions like top strategy consultants, the authors lay out their 4s Framework in much the same manner with a flowchart to guide you through the use of it. Their dive into each discipline is excellent. Enjoy the read.
The part of the framework that they took the time with that most problem-solving books don’t is the Sell Stage. Of course, I am partial to that area but even though I am, when doing it for myself, I often just think people get it. Everyone wants to grow revenue or save time and money?
I also like that though it is convenient to put documentation at the end and part of this stage, I took a little deeper meaning from it. The part of sustaining, and even improving again often rests on the idea of how we deliver/sell the results.
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In BRANOPS, we scale by looking at marketing from a Growth Mindset. We don’t start with a complex market and try to work back by tweaking and modifying it.
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Lean in Professional Practices
1. Using Lean in
Professional Services
Guest was Dr. Sami Bahri
The World’s First Lean Dentist
Business901 Podcast
Transcript
2. Dr Sami Bahri, DDS runs a private
dental practice in Jacksonville, Florida.
The practice has three general dentists,
one orthodontist, 10 chairs for general
dentistry, and seven chairs for
orthodontics.
In 1990, after ten years of intense work in the teaching,
administrative and private practice fields, Dr Bahri moved to
Jacksonville, Florida. In the same year he opened his first
Jacksonville practice with two dental chairs. He studied
dental management and applied it in his practice.
Eager to know how other industries manage their resources
to satisfy their customers, he started searching outside
dentistry, in the mainstream where many management
experts are continuously trying to improve the way things
are done. In 1996, Dr. Bahri read “Lean Thinking” by James
Womack and Daniel Jones, and started implementing Lean
Management principles in his dental office. This
implementation has benefited patients, employees, dental
laboratories, suppliers, etc. In 2006, Bahri Dental Group
provided the same amount of dental treatments as 2005, but
needed 40 percent less resources, thanks to the application
of “Lean Dental Management.
In March of 2007, Dr Bahri was invited to present his work
as a keynote speaker at the “Shingo Prize for Excellence in
Manufacturing” where he was recognized as the “World’s
First Lean Dentist”. In March of 2009, Dr Bahri wrote Follow
the Learner: The Role of a Leader in Creating a Lean
Culture, published by the Lean Enterprise Institute. He
lectures nationally and internationally to share his
experience on implementing lean management in the dental
practice.
Bahri Dental Practice
Jacksonville, FL 32256
http://bahridental.com
3. Joe Dager: Thanks for every joining us. This is Joe Dager,
the host of the Business901 podcast. Participating in the
program today is Dr. Sami Bahri. In March of 2007, Dr.
Bahri was invited to present his work as a keynote speaker
at the Shingo Prize for excelling in manufacturing, where he
was recognized as the World's First Lean Dentist. Dr. Bahri,
let me start at the beginning, how did you get acquainted
with Lean?
Dr. Sami Bahri: Joe, thank you for inviting me to your
podcast. Well, actually, I was trying every management
system I could put my hands on, in my practice. One day, I
was listening to a tape by James Womack, and in the tape,
he asks his daughter, while she was folding her mom's
newsletters, he says, "Why are you folding all the
newsletters, putting them all in the envelopes, addressing
them all, and then stamping them all and sending the out?
Why don't you do one? Fold it, put it in the envelope,
address it, stamp it and send it out?" She said, "Because, it
wouldn't be efficient." So that idea stopped me, because
back in 1984 when I was in charge of a dental school in
Lebanon, I had had a similar idea. I saw my patients, the
patients in the clinic come in one day for a diagnosis. One
day for fillings, the second day for crowns, the same people
were coming back, day in and day out.
I thought, "Why can't we put the patient into the chair, and
have specialists from every specialty treat those patients
and let them go to their lives?" Then I dismissed the idea
because dental school had been around for a long time,
until I heard that, and it was similar. It was a One Piece
Flow, so I stopped the car and opened the book, and looked
at the bibliography at the end of the book.
4. There were books by Ono, and Shingo, and people I never
heard of before. I thought, "Let me see if those books are
still available." I got the books and started reading, and
that's how it started. That was in 1996.
Then in 2005, one of my patients, Jerry Bustle, was going
to Japan, and he said, "Can you check my teeth, I don't
want to have any problems while I'm abroad." I thought,
"Jerry, what are you doing in Japan?" He said, "I'm going to
Toyota City, because I do the Toyota System, the Toyota
production system in my manufacturing plant."
That was the first time I had encountered anybody doing
Lean and Toyota production systems since 1996. I said,
"Wait a minute," then I brought [out] all the books, all the
tapes, and I showed him what I'm doing, then he called
James Womack and said, "You won't believe it, my dentist is
doing Lean."
Then Jim came, and then John Shook came, and then a lot
of experts came and the next thing I know, I was invited as
a keynote speaker at the Shingo Prize. To my surprise, at
the end of that presentation, they gave me that title of
World's First Lean Dentist. That's how it happened.
Joe: That's pretty interesting. You did not have any Lean
consultant or anything else, you just started putting Lean
principles into your practice?
Sami: No, I didn't even know anybody else was doing it. I
just went from one book to the other. I would take a book
and understand one idea, not understand the rest of them,
those specific ideas for manufacturing. Then I would read a
different book, and then get
5. another idea, until we built the system a little bit at a time,
but I didn't have any consultants, no.
Joe: Most dental practices that I've been around are pretty
efficient. I don't go into a dentist's practice, and wait like I
do at another type of doctors. A dentist's is efficient and
most of the appointments are on time. How did you look at
that as something that would really benefit you, because I
think dentists are efficient?
Sami: Yes, dentists are very efficient, actually. They're
very well organized, and they thing a lot about the
processes and how they want to do the treatment for their
patients. That makes it, maybe, more difficult for me to find
a new way, or be motivated to find a new way. On the other
side, from the medical stand point, and the dental stand
point, I'll give you, gum disease, for instance. If we want to
treat gum disease, we are trained to read everything about
gum disease, and understand everything about gum
disease. Then, when the patient was present, and we check
in their teeth and their gums, we want to know everything,
and just pick whatever is appropriate for that patient. When
I was managing my practices, I didn't feel that I was
applying the same kind of scientific thinking to
management.
I would do things that were very, very organized, because I
had thought about management since the early '80's and
'70's, but I didn't have that feeling that scientifically, I had
covered it all. I wanted to see, outside of dentistry, what
are people doing.
I studied Dr. Deming, TQM, I studied reengineering, that
became Six Sigma later, the Theory of Constraint, and you
name it. Then, at the end of the day, I wanted to decide
6. what was best for my practice. Given the results we had, I
landed on Lean. That's how it happened.
Joe: You always talk in Lean principles as One Piece Flow,
and you take a whole treatment, as a One Piece Flow? Is
that how you try to look at it?
Sami: Yes. When we first started, I read the books and
learned the principles, and you end up with so many
principles that you really don't understand which ones are
important. You don't have any kind of ranking. You don't
know which one is important, which one is not, and how
you get Lean? So for 13 years, I would study the principles,
and apply them in my Batch and Queue system. I was
getting frustrated that those Lean principles and Lean
management is not giving me the results that I'm looking
for, no breakthrough. I mean there were improvements
everywhere, but no breakthrough.
Then, one day I started thinking, "What is One Piece Flow?
Why do we need to talk about One Piece Flow?" Then as I
thought about it more and more and more, I started
thinking, "Maybe that's the only principle that's in Lean,
that does not apply to any other management theory."
Like you take respect for people, for instance. You can
respect people in any theory, in any management system.
You take 5S's, you can organize yourself in any
management system, and you take any other principle, it's
the same, but you take One Piece Flow, and you can't be
doing Batch if you're doing One Piece Flow. So I thought,
"Let me pursue that."
7. We started trying to do, let's say, one tooth at a time, or one
procedure at a time. Like a filling, or a root canal, and then
at the end, we decided on one thing, let's take the tooth for
one piece, and the mouth for a lot. The minimum we want to
do is the whole mouth, which is not possible every time,
obviously, as you know.
If you tell dentists, "I'm doing the whole mouth every time,"
they're going to say, "It's not possible," and they're right.
But that is my goal, and every time I can, I'm going to do it.
So once we started pursuing that, I understood a couple of
things. First, I understood that I need to always focus on
lead time. Then I started studying, "how do you reduce lead
time?"
Instead of studying all the principles, we ended up utilizing
maybe three or four. You try to do a small lot, you try to
synchronize the providers, and you try to work on your
setups. You know, leveling, that's everything. With those
principles, we were able to transform the practice from
Batch and Queue to Flow.
We took every one of these principles and went through
three stages. First stage was to understand what it means
for manufacturers. Second stage: How do you translate it in
dentistry? Third stage: How do you actually apply it in
dentistry? As we dissected it, we started seeing that once
you apply one of them, then you see the second one running
at you.
It's like if you don't do leveling now; the system is not going
to work. Then, once you do leveling, if you don't have
synchronization between the providers, the system is not
going to work. At the end, to make it all work together, we
had the need for some kind of
8. communication system. We went back to what Toyota did
and we found that you needed a Kanban, which we did in a
form of a flowchart. So, that's how we ended up thinking
that One Piece Flow and the pursuit of One Piece Flow is
really what make a system Lean.
Joe: You have so much variation, each patient is different.
You go in and there's a discovery part to it when that
patient sits in the chair. Correct?
Sami: Yes. Absolutely.
Joe: Then, at that point in time, you try to maximize that,
and do everything that's
needed in that one sitting?
Sami: We try that, yes. Obviously, you have different
value streams. And, so far, we think that the most difficult
part in health care and in dentistry, is to synchronize the
work of providers. So we do our value streams depending
on how many providers you need to see. For instance, if
you need to see only the hygienist, that is one value
stream that's very simple. Now, you might need a hygienist
and a dentist in the same appointment, it becomes a little
bit more complicated. Or, you might need a hygienist, a
dentist, and your lab or you might need a hygienist,
dentist, lab, and a specialist. So, each one of these is a
different value stream.
Joe: They're all provided at one location.
Sami: They're all provided in the same chair for the
patient. Each one of us comes to the patient because it's so
much easier and more economical for everyone to just
move the providers, instead of moving the patient.
Traditionally, we used to have the patient in the
9. hygienist's chair. Then, if we found something that needs to
be done, we would send them home. We would make
another appointment to come back maybe two weeks later
to the dentist's chair which is three feet away or six feet
away from the hygienist's chair. So today, we don't do that
anymore.
We think, "If you are in my chair needing a filling, and you
need a cleaning at the same time. The hygienist will come
to that room when we have a little break in your treatment
and she'll do your cleaning. That saves you an appointment
that saves us an appointment."
So, now, we're gathering all the providers around the
patient. Even financial coordinators, assistants, they're all in
the clinic. They hear each other, they communicate with
each other. We try not to have people in offices that need to
treat patients and to communicate with patients. They're all
on the clinic floor.
Joe: Now, when you learned this first, did you use any
tools or just use the principles of Lean?
Sami: Yes. At first, we used the tools as we understood
them. Let's say we needed to do leveling. So, how do you
do leveling? You need to learn your takt time. What is takt
time? So, we try to understand takt time. Then, we want to
use the 80-20 principle, but on what? On the patients that
come most frequently to the office? On the procedures?
On the amount of money we're making? We didn't know at
the beginning. But then, when we started focusing--we
started focusing on setups, and we learned that setups are
really what stays, and the way of One Piece Flow. So we
thought, then it is obvious then that we
10. need to focus on the most frequent procedures because
those generate the biggest number of setups.
So, we would take each tool and apply it. But, as I said, if
we said we need to remove the functional boundaries, for
instance. I took functions from the front desk, put them in
the room next to the patient. So now the assistant, by
cross-training, the assistant can now make your
appointment, she can walk you out.
But, as we went, we started learning some lessons. You can
remove boundaries between processes. But as long as
you're not removing the boundaries between the value
adding processes, in our case, between the hygienist and
the dentist this is value adding, you won't see any benefits
really or very minor benefits.
So, if you take any of the support functions and work on
them, and move them from here to there, in an isolated
way, we didn't find any results. But, the day we decided
that the hygienist and the dentist are going to treat the
patient in the same chair, and then everything changed.
Everything changed in the sense that waiting time in the
waiting room is gone. Waiting time in the chair is gone. We
were able to treat many, many more patients during the
day. The thing that happened that I wasn't expecting was
that the steps of Lean implementation started pushing
themselves on me.
Like, you have the hygienist and the dentist working on the
patient, and then when we stand up, we don't know where
to go. Now, you need some kind of communication, some
kind of a person organizing. So, we created a position called
the patient care flow
11. manager. That's a position that is a copy of the team leader
from Toyota, with the same job descriptions.
So, that person would tell me where to go, would tell the
hygienist where to go, and would tell the other doctor, the
other hygienist where to go. So now, that step being done,
she was talking to a person, let's say, she was talking to you,
and I am done, I need to go somewhere else. She wasn't able
to talk to me at the same time.
So, we went like an emergency meeting and we said, "How
can we communicate?" I thought, all of a sudden, that Toyota
communicates through Kanban. I said, "We need a Kanban.
Let's make a flowchart and follow the patient's treatment."
Then, we took that piece of paper; she started giving that
piece of paper with two times on it. One time tells you, "I
gave you that piece of paper." We'd call it "time given," at two
o'clock, for instance. "I need you in chair number five at
2:15." So, she gave me 15 minutes to organize myself and
delegate to my assistant and then at 2:15, I need to be
exactly there because the hygienist is going to be done.
We tried that for a while and it works very well. The thing is
everybody started depending on everybody else. So,
everybody needs to do their jobs correctly and to be alert all
the time, and everything functions like a ballet.
Joe: How have you been received by other dentists?
Sami: The ones that I have communicated with so far have
received it very, very, well. Actually, they have been very
encouraging and that is encouraging me to go forth and
manufacturers have been asking me to speak. Manufacturers
know that Lean is, if not the best, one of the best systems
today. They want to know how someone has applied it in a
12. non-traditional industry. So they know Lean is good. They just
want to know how I did it. With dentists, as we said, they are
very well organized. It is going to be tough for me to convince
them that change is possible and that Lean is the best change
to go. And what is Lean and how to apply it. So I have many
more steps to go in my own profession.
Joe: What have you learned from this that you think applies
to other professional practices?
Sami: I think Joe, not only Lean, but any management
theory. I am going to talk about the same ones that we
already mentioned; TQM, theory it of constraints, Six Sigma,
they all apply to anything that you are doing.
Joe: They all apply to a process and if you are doing a
process they apply.
Sami: You can use any, right? So it is just which system or
which theory gives you the best results. And so far, in our
practice, Lean has given the best results. I really think it
applies to everything. Now the key is, what do we teach
people? And my experience is really in that regard. I learned
it on my own from books and I have fallen in a few traps.
The first one, the first trap that I fell in would be eliminating
waste. You teach someone who doesn't know about Lean and
you say, "Lean is about eliminating waste." And you say
anything that you do not need to apply right away is a waste.
So what we did was looking around us and eliminating waste
and eliminating waste going nowhere. Why? Because, we
were not eliminating waste in our main flow, the patient. I
would eliminate waste at the front desk and the way they are
handling insurance. Or how they are filing insurance, or
verifying insurance.
13. But, I was still making several appointments for my patient.
Until we decided what our main flow is. The principal flow is
the patient flow. Anything else: like how to prepare the
appointment, how to set up the room, how to prepare the
insurance verification and the patient's file in the computer. All
of these are support flows.
As long as you are working on improving your support flows
without really paying attention to the main flow, we didn't see
any improvements. My main message would be if you want to
learn the Lean tools at least learn them while you are
improving your principal flow. Decide what your principal flow
is and work on that. That is where Lean is.
Anything else like improving operations which is the same as
support flows did not give us the results that we were looking
for. That is probably one of the main lessons that I learned.
Joe: How was it received internally? Was it "here comes Dr.
Bahri. He read another book." Was that how they looked at it?
Sami: You're touching a very sensitive point here. For a long
time, I would read a book come up with an idea, and you
would see the eyes rolling in the room. But, the thing is I
never called it anything. We never called it Lean management.
We never called it the Toyota production system. We never
called it anything. We were just improving our service for our
patients. So you can say from 1993 [when] I read the book
Kaizen by Imai, and I started applying the principles and
learning from books and applying the principles but we never
called it anything. Until James Womack came and said, "You
are applying Lean." My assistant started asking, "What are you
talking about?" I said, "Yes, that is what we are applying. We
have been applying this for many, many years."
14. I think it is probably one of the factors that allowed me to
sneak up on them and apply the system. I feel had I called it
"Lean management" and said we were going to transform the
practice into "Lean management" I would have found much
more resistance. To be totally truthful I did find a lot of
resistance from staff. And I attribute that to my lack of
knowledge, as far as Lean leadership at that time. I was
learning how to introduce improvements.
Then little by little I learned that you don't want to rock the
boat too much. You start as little as you can, as small as you
can, with one assistant maybe. To give you an example,
I wanted my assistant to start scheduling appointments from
the room. I did not ask her to schedule appointments from the
room. I just placed a computer in one of the rooms.
Then went home, and learned the program, and how you
schedule appointments and then when I came back the next
day, whoever was helping me I said, "Can you please go and
push that button?" and she did and it came up on the
schedule. I said, "Can you click on that slot?" and she clicked.
I said, "Can you enter the patient...?" So I walked her through
the process.
At the end of the process, she made the patient appointment.
We did it a couple times, and then she started making
appointments on her own. Then the assistant next door was
watching, she said, "Well, I can do that, too. Why don't you
get me a computer?" I got her a computer in the room and
then little by little everybody started making appointments.
I did the same thing with walking the patients out. I did the
same thing with explaining treatment benefits to the patients.
So without really giving a lot of noise and saying we are doing
this, and we are doing that, I just took them through the steps
to show them that it is easy, and it can be done.
15. That made things much, much easier for me, much less
resistance. And now you see that people are with us for 12,
13 years. Some of them have been with us for six years.
So we do have a very, very good retention rate.
Joe: Now, you even wrote a book about what you did?
Sami: Yes. I wrote a book. It is called Follow the Learner.
It is published by the Lean Enterprise Institute. After my
Shingo presentation, they said, "If you want to write a
book, please talk to us first." They sent Michael Brousard,
who is very knowledgeable, and he stayed with me a little
bit and he said we are going to do the book on leadership. I
said, "What do you mean leadership? I am just a dentist."
He said don't worry we will walk you through it.
He made me write everything that I know about my
professional life, and then he sorted them into principles.
And he said "That is what you have been doing." Actually, I
had been living all of that, not knowing exactly that it is
going to end up with a book.
The goal from the book was to really show the experience
we went through and the transformation that we were able
to do from Batch to Lean. We made it like a story, but in
the story, I put the lessons I wanted to tell people to learn,
without really telling them, "That's what you need to do."
I should have probably said it more bluntly, "I think, you
need to do your setups first. I think you need to do this and
that first." When I read the comments, a lot of people say,
"It's about Dr Bahri's story." Actually, it is about the Lean
transformation, as I see it, put in a story.
16. Then, after we finished the book, we met with Michael
Brousard, and he said, "Sami, who's your audience for this
book?" I said, "My audience is someone who has tried to
implement Lean, just like myself, and who's probably still
struggling with it. Or, if they want to benchmark and see
how other people are doing. I want to describe to them
what I've done. Then, maybe, we can communicate and
exchange information and data.“
He said, "What about the beginner?" I said, "I don't know.
You assume that people know some Lean when you're at
your workbooks. This book is going to be the same." He
said,
"No. We need to simplify it to where the beginner would
understand what we're talking about. We need to make it
small enough for anybody to be willing to read it."
We know that 80 percent of business books are bought but
never read. Why? Because the boss bought the book, he
gave it to an employee and said, "Go read this book and
you'll be smart." So, people don't read it. We wanted to
make the book small enough and easy enough for everyone
to think, "OK, I can read it in an hour or two."
So, we spent a couple of years simplifying the book and
making it smaller and smaller. Our target goal was 60
pages. Now, when you add the tables and when you add
the pictures to it, it ended up being 88 pages. So, it's
pretty simple. It was Lean, on purpose, so you can read it.
Joe: Where is that book available at?
Sami: It's available on Lean.org, which is the Lean
Enterprises' website. It's also available on Amazon and
Barnes and Noble's website.
17. Joe: I know that Mark Graban at the Lean Blog has talked to you
a lot and, I think, had a podcast and blogged about your book. He
wrote the book, The Lean Hospitals. You two have discussed your
book in great detail, can you share some of the conversation?
Sami: First, I started communicating with Mark after my Shingo
presentation. He called me one day, to do a podcast with me. We
chatted a little bit and we became very good friends. Then, one
time, he came and visited the office because it just happened that
he was in Jacksonville. Mark, since the beginning, has helped me
by telling people what I'm doing on his podcast, on his Lean Blog.
So, I'm very thankful for everything he's done for me, and he's a
very, very good friend. Now, in the healthcare arena, I don't think
he learned anything from me. Mark has been in healthcare for a
long time. I'm not sure with which companies, but I know one of
them was working with Johnson & Johnson.
Today, he works with LEI, the Lean Enterprises Institute, where
they have a joint venture with ThedaCare, where they're
promoting Lean healthcare. He wrote the book from his own
experience. He has a lot of experience, and Mark is a very good
friend.
Joe: Where would you like to take Lean? What is your personal
ambition?
Sami: Well, first, I think that Lean is not only for the experts. I
think Lean is for everyone. We need to teach the principles to our
kids in schools. Kids need to know how to be productive. Kids need
to know what the best way for making things happen. I think that,
today, Lean has proven to be the best way. Maybe some people
would argue that Six Sigma is better or as good, and I have no
problem with that. It's just we need to teach them these things.
We need to teach these things to our kids to make sure that their
future is secured in the global economy.
18. Now, as my immediate goal, obviously, I want to prove it more
and more in my practice. I want to prove that it works better
and maybe grow my practice through it. I want my colleagues to
learn it because it can benefit so many patients. But, with
today's attention given to healthcare, I really hope that the Lean
community could change things today.
I was very, very lucky to have the size of practice that I have. I
have 17 chairs, four dentists working here, and 25 people on my
staff. So, compared to a large company, like the huge companies
you know, I can be the CEO. I am the consultant to my
employees. I am constantly in communication with them. I go
do the work with them on the chair.
So, I have all the steps for a leader to be able to implement a
system, which probably, managers and people responsible of
larger companies don't have the opportunity to do that. So, I
was very lucky in that regard, and we were able to implement
Lean. But most importantly, we have learned a lot of things from
that experience, what's important, what's not important.
So, I really hope that I would be able to teach people or to
communicate with people and share with them all those
experiences, hoping that many patients and many businesses
would benefit from our experience.
Joe: Is there anything you would like to add before we finish up
here?
Sami: Anything I would like to add. Yes. I would like to add
that we think that variation is the problem in business, and in
healthcare. It is true, but I think the best way to contain
variation would be to eliminate departments and remove
functional barriers. In our case, it's between hygienist and
dentist. But, in the hospital, it would be removing the
19. departments and synchronizing the work of providers.
That's one thing. Now, once we have that elimination of
departments, you would have the doctor and the patient
and whoever is helping them. That would be a group with
its own variation, because in my experience, doctors have
their own variation, too.
Like if I'm fixing a tooth, for instance, if I'm doing a crown
on a tooth, it might take me two hours, whereas the other
doctor might take one hour. That's my own variation. Take
that group and its own variation, and then ask them to work
each on their own variation.
I think, we'll be able to handle it and to control it much
better. That's what we've been doing in my practice and it's
been very successful.
The second thing I want to add is, please, do not waste
your time using Lean tools, whatever they are, in a Batch
and Queue system. If you want to have good results, you
need to decide what your main flow is. What is the product
that needs to flow? Make sure that you're working on the
value stream of this product flow. That is my main point.
Thank you.
Joe: I would like to thank you very much, Dr Bahri. It was
a very pleasant experience, and I enjoyed it very much. The
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