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Steven Spear, MIT Sloane School of Management

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Steven Spear, PhD, Senior Lecturer at the Sloane School of Management at MIT and international expert on applying LEAN systems created by Toyota to improve production output, cost and quality. Dr. Spear addresses the potential LEAN systems have for improving the work flow in health care as well as impacting cost containment and improving outcomes.

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