The Lean Laboratory Experience

Wednesday 7 November, 2007

Lean & Six Sigma in Various Industry Settings 
Russell Menere, Queensland, AUSTRALIA 

Case Study 1 – Lean & Mean in Inventory Control 
Laura Ranson, Supply Manager, Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

Managing to a Lean Culture 
Lewis Lefteroff, Process Excellence Black Belt, Senior Consultant, ValuMetrix® Services, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., USA

Case Study 2 – Using Lean Tools to Improve Urgent Biochemistry Specimen Handling 
Geoffrey Lambkin, Quality Manager, Mater Pathology, Mater Health Services, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

Case Study 3 – The Application of Lean Concepts in Diagnostics and the NZ Blood Service 
Don Mikkelsen, National Manager Operations, New Zealand Blood Service, NZ

The US Experience 
Priscilla Cherry, President, Laboratory Services, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, MN

Case Study 4 – The Multidisciplinary Branch Lab 
Ken Worth, Divisional Manager, Anatomical Pathology, PaLMS

Case Study 5 - Lessons Learned: Struggles and Success 
Lewis Lefteroff, Process Excellence Black Belt, Senior Consultant, ValuMetrix® Services, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., USA

Close and significance 
Robert Michel, Editor In Chief, the dark report, Spicewood, Texas