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Author, consultant, speaker and expert on transformational change in healthcare and manufacturing. Email: markeaton@amnis.uk.com Tel: +44 (0)7841-464916

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Mobile Manufacturing
[Computers-and-Technology:Mobile-Computing] Technology and manufacturing have traditionally been linked and this article explores how developments in SMS technology can be used to increase business performance and reduce operating costs. Making Advances - Technology and manufacturing have traditionally been closely related, with advances in technology leading to changes in manufacturing - either in the products produced on in how they are produced - and changes in manufacturing affecting technology - through making technology more accessible via cost reductions that occur through scale economies as well as advances in materials and methods.

Lean by the Dozen
[Business:Change-Management] Even with the current economic conditions, Lean is alive and well across a range of sectors in the UK. This article provides an overview of some of the key historical events that have helped shape Lean today as well as a review of the state of Lean in the UK today in the public, service and manufacturing sectors. Based on discussions with Lean Consultancies, organisations and desk research, we will show that whilst the downturn in the economy is also driving a downturn in the investment in Lean in some areas, there is a real benefit in adopting Lean to enable your organisation to survive in difficult times as well as prepare for the future, whichever way it goes.

Something to Lean On
[Business:Management] The application of Lean in manufacturing has made a major impact to the performance within those organisations who have embraced it fully and although it is a relatively new and evolving concept within the healthcare sector it is already offering opportunities to reduce the time taken for patients to be seen by a specialist, the effectiveness (and value for money) of the treatment they receive and even the length of time they spend in hospital.

Lean Healthcare - Why Does It Work For Some And Not For Others?
[Health-and-Fitness:Healthcare-Systems] Lean is becoming the improvement methodology of choice in Healthcare Organisations but the reality is that it will only be a lucky 25% who achieve the long term and sustainable improvements that Lean can deliver. This short article explores why this is the case.

Bringing Lean Healthcare to Life
[Business:Change-Management] Lean is set to make a big difference in Healthcare over the coming years but its application requires sensitivity else it will suffer from the same (and potentially worse) problems experienced when Lean has been implemented in other sectors. Based on practical experience, this short article explores how to bring Lean in Healthcare to life.

Realising Improvement & Transforming Perceptions
[Business:Change-Management] Organisational success depends on arriving successfully at the meeting point between process excellence, effective risk management, the allocation of resources and having effective partnerships - and this thought leading article introduces the reader to this new way of thinking.

Learn Your PROTOCOLS
[Business:Change-Management] Organisations looking to implement improvement often fail to achieve the results they are looking for - yet when you analyse the reasons why their improvement programmes (Lean, Six Sigma etc) fail, it can normally be traced back to one of nine reasons - and this article tells you how!

Sustaining Improvement: Is It a Pipe Dream?
[Business:Change-Management] This short think piece, which has been co-authored by Mark Eaton and Simon Phillips, aims to help readers start to think more broadly about the improvement programmes that they are planning (or implementing) to transition or transform their organisation.

The Highway That Makes Turnarounds Possible
[Business:Management] Product life-cycles are shortening consumers are becoming more choosy and have more options to seek out suppliers who can deliver them with maximum value at a competitive price. This is a tough, challenging situation that should scare complacent businesses. But it offers exciting opportunities for smart business people who recognize the opportunity presented by the Internet in developing new products and services.

Learning to Run the Lean Marathon
[Business:Change-Management] Organisations looking to implement change that is sustainable in the medium to long term need to have three key attributes to be successful. Based on research undertaken with dozens of businesses, this article explores the key factors that can make your improvement programme (including Lean) successful.

Making Change Stick
[Business:Change-Management] Over 87% of organisational change programmes fail within 12 months of starting. This article examines the critical factors that can make the difference between success and failure.

Innovation: A Panacea?
[Self-Improvement:Innovation] Organisations are constantly being bombarded by messages to 'innovate or die', but there is no agreed definition of what innovation is or how an organisation should approach innovation. This article introduces some of the piece parts that make up a successful innovation 'Lego kit'.

Leaning Health - Transforming the Health Service
[Business:Change-Management] Lean is a concept whose time has come in transforming the Health Service and this article provides a proven model for implementing rapid, significant and sustainable change across primary and secondary health services.

Effective Design
[Business:Change-Management] Bringing products to market effectively and rapidly will increase market share, reduce on-going costs, increase the life of the product and overall transform business profitability. Concurrent Design is about helping organisations achieve high levels of effectiveness in the development of new physical and virtual products.

Turning On The Lights
[Business:Strategic-Planning] Thinking strategically when starting a business will increase the probability of wealth and success. This article examines some common issues faced by business start-ups - with the aim that readers avoid the terrible pitfalls of the unwary!

Leaning Toward Change
[Business:Change-Management] Failure to realise the full benefits of World Class Performance can often be attributed to aspects of organizational culture. Knowing your culture can provide a worthwhile starting point to the journey. This article describes the findings of an empirical study conducted within one organization, during its journey to World Class Performance through the adoption of ‘Lean’.

Managing Creativity
[Business:Management] Creating new products, services and processes is essential to on-going business success, but many companies do not have an environment that supports creativity - find out why!

Making Change Work
[Business:Change-Management] Over 75% of all change programmes will fail to achieve worthwhile or sustainable results and this article explores the key reasons for failure based on the author's extensive practical research activities into this area.