Lean Healthcare Tour – May 2025 | Lean Japan Tour
The May 2025 Lean Healthcare Tour to Japan is scheduled from Sunday 18th May to Saturday 24th May 2025. The study trip program features kaizen and TPS seminars, practical lean training sessions, and visits to benchmark factories and hospitals. Participants will visit multiple organizations, engage in shop-floor and hospital ward tours, and network with senior leaders on topics related to lean manufacturing and quality improvement in healthcare.
Location: Nagoya, Japan
For details see our Lean Healthcare Tour page.
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The May 2025 program is targeted at English-speaking professionals from across the global healthcare industry.
The Lean Japan Tour, organized by Shinka Management, offers an immersive Japan study tour experience into the heart of lean management and quality improvement. The Lean Healthcare Tour program includes visits to leading Japanese factories, where participants can learn the principles of the Toyota Production System and Just-In-Time manufacturing, and leading hospitals to see these principles applied in a healthcare setting.
The tour provides unique opportunities to engage in discussions with senior management and industry experts, gaining insights into their lean journeys and challenges. Beyond the technical aspects, the program also includes cultural experiences, providing an understanding of Japan’s business environment and its influence on lean practices. Designed for healthcare professionals seeking to deepen their knowledge of lean culture, the Lean Healthcare Tour is an opportunity for those looking to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence in their organizations.
Discover more about our healthcare study trip programs in Japan
The Lean Japan Tour, offered multiple times a year, is Shinka Management’s premier lean professional development program. While all tours follow a similar structure, the choice of organization visits and program content varies depending on the availability of host companies.
For further information about our healthcare-focused programs, see our Lean Healthcare Tour page. Alternatively, to gain a deeper understanding of the experience we provide in Japan, read through the feedback from participants of previous Lean Japan Tours.
What our lean tour participants have said…
Great experience delivered by passionate professionals. The training is well-balanced between real life factory/hospital visits (lean in action), theory (basic concepts, why it makes sense) and exercise (set up your own mini factory line using lean concepts). All of this where it started: Japan. Definitely recommend the tour for any professional looking for ways to…
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My experience on the Shinka Management Lean Japan Tour was spectacular. Learning more about TQM and Lean Management in the country where almost all industries are implementing these approaches has been surreal. It was also a good experience witnessing these firsthand in the manufacturing industry and even more so in the healthcare industry. It is…
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As I have had a previous unpleasant experience with lean training, I was worried about how much I could gain from this tour. At the end of this magnificent experience I can confirm that Shinka Management has exceeded my expectations. They are so organized, dedicated, helpful and generous. The tour was based on very-well known…
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I am now back in the office in rainy Seattle and wanted to say a huge thank you, once again for making the lean tour such an enjoyable learning experience. There are so many valuable learnings and enriching experiences that I am looking forward to sharing with my team and colleagues here in the coming days. I…
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The whole experience of the lean tour was excellent. I learned so much over the past week and all of my previous knowledge of lean was reinforced. Not only did I learn about lean management but I was also impressed with the Japanese culture. The whole team at Shinka Management were very helpful and made…
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