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2019-2020 UMass Dartmouth Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

POM 684 - Lean Operations in Health Care

Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: POM 651 & POM 679Lecture / 3 hours per week
Introduction to transformation processes that minimize waste and maximize the value of customer care. Topics include knowledge-based design, scientific observation and continuous experimentation, small impact problem solving, employee empowerment, and other Lean techniques. Exploration of Lean in a wide variety of real world healthcare organizations is integrated into the course. POM 684 is the Capstone course for the M.S. in Healthcare management degree.
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