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McKinsey Classics | November 2013

Service ops go lean

Innovative companies spent the past century seeking to increase both factory output and product quality at the same time. In these classic articles, read how McKinsey has played a leading role in efforts to bring similar improvements to service processes:

Hospitals get serious about operations

Hospitals get serious about operations

The income statements of hospitals have been ailing. The cure? Serious attention to operating efficiency. (May 2001) more

The hidden value in airline operations

The hidden value in airline operations

In other process-, labor-, and capital-intensive industries, superb operators win. Why should airlines be different? (November 2003) more

Related reading

Using lean in wholesale financial services November 2011

Tackling the roots of underperformance in banks’ IT November 2011

Applying lean production to the public sector June 2006

Toward a leaner finance department [includes audio] April 2006

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