tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5865768815327716731.post5907082828140711092..comments2008-03-03T08:51:09.359-05:00Ralph Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14872065446489560244noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5865768815327716731.post-14927874771866413762008-03-02T08:10:00.000-05:002008-03-02T08:10:00.000-05:002008-03-02T08:10:00.000-05:00Hey Ralph,<BR/>I find myself stuck between my lean systems training and my anaesthesia training. In lean there's a desire to create a process flow map. In anaesthesia we're taught that major disasters are usually the result of multiple small failures. I could point to a bunch of medical example but a better one is the Chernobyl disaster. If you can break the cycle at any one of the steps you avert disaster. In this case (in lean terms) I think the failure wasnt' due to process flow or waste but bad process Kaizen. <A HREF="http://www.waittimes.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">www.waittimes.blogspot.com</A>Ian Fursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11795888117578055704noreply@blogger.com