Seattle Workshops on Lean Thinking For Healthcare & Administrative Processes

11 public workshops sponsored by the nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute May 11-13 will cover
how to implement lean management concepts in healthcare and administrative processes as well
as in management accounting and corporate strategy.

Cambridge, Mass., February 26, 2010 --The nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) will run
workshops in Seattle May 11-13, 2010, on how to implement lean thinking business principals in
healthcare and administrative processes.

The lean workshop series also will feature sessions on how to deploy a lean company strategy,
implement lean management process using A3 reports, and convert traditional cost accounting to
lean management accounting to better track the impact of lean principles. The workshops, which
will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Marriott Seattle Airport, are:

Tues., May 11
- Lean Problem Solving (1 day)
- Managing to Learn: The Use of the A3 Management Process (2 days)
- Mistake-Proofing Healthcare: Designing Processes to Reduce Medical Errors (1 day)
- Supporting Healthcare Leader Standard Work with Visual Management Tools (1 day)
- Value-Stream Mapping for the Office and Service (1 day)
- Getting the Right Things Done (2 days)

Wednesday, May 12
- Sustainable Lean Culture: Connecting the “Product” and the “People” Value Streams (2 days)
- Value-Stream Mapping for Healthcare (1 day)
- Management Accounting for Lean Businesses (1 day)

Thurs, May 13
- Open Access Lean Scheduling Methods
- Optimizing Flow in Office and Service Processes (1 day)

One-day workshops are $800. Two-day workshops are $1,600. Price includes tuition, all training
materials, breakfast, lunch, and snacks each day. Discounts are available for taking multiple
classes or sending multiple persons.

For complete details about content, instructors, discounts, special room rates, and to register, go
to: http://www.lean.org/workshops/workshopcalendar.cfm?cureventid=54 , call 617- 871-2900,
or email registrar@lean.org .

On-Site Training
Call 617- 871-2900 for information about bringing a workshop to your site or visit
http://www.lean.org/Workshops/inhouse_training.cfm .
What is Lean?
http://www.lean.org/WhatsLean/
The terms lean manufacturing, lean production, or lean management refer to a complete
business system for organizing and managing product development, operations, suppliers,
customer relations, and the overall enterprise that requires less capital, material, space, time, and
human effort to produce products and services with fewer defects to precise customer desires,
compared with traditional modern management.

Lean Enterprise Institute

http://www.lean.org/
Lean Enterprise Institute, Inc., was founded in 1997 by management expert James P. Womack,
Ph.D., as a nonprofit research, education, publishing, and conference company with a mission to
advance lean thinking around the world. We teach courses, hold management seminars, write
and publish books and workbooks, and organize public and private conferences. We use the
surplus revenues from these activities to conduct research projects and support other lean
initiatives such as the Lean Education Academic Network, the Lean Global Network and the
Healthcare Value Leaders Network. Visit LEI at http://www.lean.org for more information.

Media: Chet Marchwinski, cmarchwinski@lean.org, (617) 871-2930