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Development and Application of Value Karuta to Understand Value in Lean Management: Initial Small-group Trial in Japan and the UK
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This study proposes the Value Karuta (VK), an application of the traditional Japanese card game karuta. Its goal is to contribute to the understanding of value, which is the first principle of lean management. After stating the problems of lean management and the specifications of VK, this paper confirms the validity of the proposal by…
Read More(This article belongs to the SP17 (Special Issue on Innovation in Computing, Engineering Science & Technology 2024-25) & Section Operations Research & Management Science (ORM))
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Hospital Warehouse Management during the construction of a new building through Lean Techniques
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This paper shows a method applied during the reconstruction of an existing middle size Italian hospital. In fact, during this delicate phase, the project had a significant decrease in storage space and access gates for goods, medicines and medical devices. This aspect has a negative impact on road traffic. There was no consensus among the…
Read More(This article belongs to the SP8 (Special Issue on Multidisciplinary Sciences and Engineering 2019-20) & Section Construction & Building Technology (CBT))