Implementing Operations Strategy Through Lean Processes within the South African Healthcare System

Document from the year 2018 in the subject Health - Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, language: English, abstract: The purpose of this paper is to investigate how operations strategy and lean concepts can be applied within the south Africa's healthcare organisations and the degree to which both Lean and operations strategy are understood by senior-level National Health Service (NHS) personnel, based on the process of ongoing longitudinal cases studies. Further interviews and data analysis will examine actual performance of Lean capabilities within the NHS.

Roland Nathan Kalonji received a BSc in Computer Science from the Université Libre (ex UPL, DRC) in 2014. He earned a PG Dip (School of Mechanical,Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering -University of the Witwatersrand,RSA,Jhb) in 2017. His first endeavours in the engineering field were "Analysis and Optimization of a Biodiesel Production from Waste Cooking Oil, Ultrasonic Monitoring System for railway tracks "etc. He received his Masters degree in 2019 (Wits-School of Mechanical,Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering ); his research interests included systems engineering and the Network Intrusion Detection Problem (NIDP).