Project Method Supporting Key Success Factors techniques Lean 5S Regular communication with internal Ward Inventory and external stakeholders Video Medical Records Six Sigma TOC Support of departmental management (DMAIC) Logic Tree Checklist Lean 7 Wastes Involvement of scientific staff Laboratory Processes Clear communication of project 5S objectives Process mapping Load levelling Fall Prevention Mistake-proofing Control Chart Availability of data (poka yoke) Signal from higher management of Root cause project importance analysis Psychiatric Lean Process Mapping Support of senior management Clinic Commitment of process team to the 7 Wastes changed process Support for change of IT infrastructure Table 1: Summary of project methods, supporting techniques and key success factors 2.1 Using 5S to manage ward inventory This process improvement project examined and implemented Setting and context: change in the store-room of a busy hospital ward using the 5S framework, a workplace organization method that uses a checklist of five Japanese concepts: seiri, seiton, seiso, seiketsu, and (all beginning with the letter S and hence known as the These concepts shitsuke 5S’s).
Project Method Supporting techniques Key Success Factors Ward Inventory Lean 5S Video Regular communication with internal and external stakeholders Medical Records Six Sigma (DMAIC) TOC Logic Tree Checklist Support of departmental management Laboratory Processes Lean 7 Wastes 5S Process mapping Load levelling Involvement of scientific staff Clear communication of project objectives Fall Prevention Mistake-proofing (poka yoke) Control Chart Root cause analysis Availability of data Signal from higher management of project importance Psychiatric Clinic Lean Process Mapping 7 Wastes Support of senior management Commitment of process team to the changed process Support for change of IT infrastructure Table 1: Summary of project methods, supporting techniques and key success factors 2.1 Using 5S to manage ward inventory Setting and context: This process improvement project examined and implemented change in the store-room of a busy hospital ward using the 5S framework, a workplace organization method that uses a checklist of five Japanese concepts: seiri, seiton, seiso, seiketsu, and shitsuke (all beginning with the letter S and hence known as the 5S’s). These concepts