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Dealing with change in hospitals quickly and efficiently by means of horizontal leadership and TOC
CourseDutch hospitals face balancing compassionate care and efficiency due to rising demand & staff shortages. The solution is 'the process concept' & horizontal leadership. A Rotterdam hospital tested these principles using TOC from 2006-2009.
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TOC and A3—Facilitating a path through the layers of resistance
CourseThe A3 framework, a Toyota tool for developing managers, is a flexible, powerful, and dynamic system that can help TOC practitioners spread TOC thinking and consultants enter lean markets. When used Socratically, A3 can transform leadership.
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Using critical chain project management to drive innovation in a general hospital
CourseMaasstad Ziekenhuis, a 600-bed hospital, faced project management issues with 180 projects. Implementing CCPM led to a 40% reduction in concurrent projects, average lead time dropping from >1 year to <8 months, and >90% finished on time.
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Critical chain: Short-duration tasks
CourseRobert Richards of Stottier Henke discussed modifying project management software with critical chain features, used by NASA. Hilbert noted the presentation's goal was feedback from TOC experts, not a description of their work.
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Theory of constraints: Proven beyond doubt in reality
CourseAlex Knight applied Dr. Goldratt's TOC in healthcare. Issues: process delays for longest-stay patients, and the cost/Throughput dilemma. Breakthroughs need consensus, operational, financial, market, and sustainability efforts.
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Strategy and tactics trees: Part 2
CourseThe structure of an S & T tree step is presented, including necessary assumptions, strategy, parallel assumptions, tactic, and sufficiency assumptions. The five steps of the plus buy-in process are described and illustrated using the RRR S & T tree.
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