Lean Facility Planning

Soyring can take a collaborative approach with our traditional Master Planning engagements incorporating clinical and operational expertise with a Lean approach to master planning to ensure you facility has:

• Flexibility for day-to-day needs
• Easy adaptability for the future
• Solutions for future chronic space and facility problems
• Combined with our standard Master Planning approach

Soyring combines our Development, Design and Planning expertise with Lean principles in the architectural design to:

• Improve patient care processes
• Eliminate waste
• Reduce cost
• Improve Quality

Through collaboration with the architect, contractor and employees Soyring can:

• Develop efficient and safe processes for your new facility
• Assist in how the facility should be physically laid out
• Train and orient your staff in the design and transition process
• Work with staff to improve existing processes in anticipation of new space
• Provide a Lean navigational manual with process maps, operational narratives and standard work for staff

Soyring can assist with all stages of planning, design, development and activation. When your facility is beyond the initial design phase, Soyring can:

• Optimize your operations and processes
• Impact effective operational improvements
• Map and develop a more efficient workflow within your designs
• Train staff on new processes and care models to improve operations prior to activation and transition to new spaces

Soyring can assist your team in determining work processes to optimize staff, patient, and materials workflows including:

• Integrating daily management systems
• Establishing visual controls
• Standardizing workflows
• On-stage/Off-stage
• Transport
• Medication management
• Supply storage and locations
• Composing support services plans (e.g. replenishment)
• Establishing process for determining par levels
• Balancing inventory carrying cost with labor efficiency
• Removing unnecessary materials, processes, and other work that is not ideal/efficient