Lean - Henry Ford Health System

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Our Roots: Henry Ford Hospital • Founded October 1, 1915 By Henry Ford as sole owner & president Wife, Clara’s honey-do list Employed staff model after dinner with Mayo brothers LEAN Training 2010 Standardization “It seems reasonable that a permanent staff be responsible for the work that goes on in the hospital. After all, I don’t ask every person who wants to build a car to come into my factory to build it. The Ford Motor Company is responsible for the car it makes. Why should not the hospital be responsible for the medical work that is done there?” – Henry Ford Henry Ford Production System

Production System Characteristics Triumph of the Lean Production System, Sloan Management Review 1988 Trait Craftsmen Pure Fordism Recent Fordism TPS Work Standardization Low High, by managers High, by managers High, by teams LEAN Training 2010 Span of Control Wide Narrow Narrow Moderate Inventories Large Moderate Large Small Buffers Large Small Large Small Repair Areas Integral Small Large Very Small Teamwork Moderate Low Low High “Rather than continuing to refer to the different paradigms as recent Fordism And TPS, I would like to introduce two new terms herebuffered and lean production systems.” - John Krafcik (1988) Henry Ford Production System

Production <strong>System</strong> Characteristics<br />

Triumph of the <strong>Lean</strong> Production <strong>System</strong>, Sloan Management Review 1988<br />

Trait Craftsmen Pure <strong>Ford</strong>ism Recent <strong>Ford</strong>ism TPS<br />

Work<br />

Standardization Low High, by managers High, by managers High, by teams<br />

LEAN Training 2010<br />

Span of Control Wide Narrow Narrow Moderate<br />

Inventories Large Moderate Large Small<br />

Buffers Large Small Large Small<br />

Repair Areas Integral Small Large Very Small<br />

Teamwork Moderate Low Low High<br />

“Rather than continuing to refer to the different paradigms as recent <strong>Ford</strong>ism<br />

And TPS, I would like to introduce two new terms herebuffered<br />

and lean production systems.”<br />

- John Krafcik (1988)<br />

<strong>Henry</strong> <strong>Ford</strong> Production <strong>System</strong>

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