@incollection{,
	
					
					
					0B8366F7F8822C6F5FDD9B89822C15A7
				,
	author={{Kjeld HaraldAij} and {Frederique ElisabethSimons} and {Dr. MerelVisse} and {Prof. Dr. Guy A.M.Widdershoven} and {VU University Medical Center}},
	journal={{Global Journal of Management and Business Research}},
	journal={{GJMBR}}2249-45880975-585310.34257/GJMBR,
	address={Cambridge, United States},
	publisher={Global Journals Organisation}1417582
}

@incollection{b0,
	
	
		,
	title={{Are we operating effectively? A lean analysis of operating theatre changeovers}}
		,
	author={{
			JOMeredith
		} and {
			ALGrove
		} and {
			PWalley
		} and {
			FYoung
		} and {
			MBMacintyre
		}}
		
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Oper Manag Res}}
		
			4
			3-4
			
			,
	year={2011}
		
	

}

@book{b1,
	
	
		,
	title={{Strategic management: a stakeholder approach}}
		,
	author={{
			REFreeman
		}}
		
			,
	year={1984}
			,
	publisher={Pitman}
			,
	address={Boston}
		
	

}

@incollection{b2,
	
	
		,
	title={{Efficiency of the operating room suite}}
		,
	author={{
			AAWeinbroum
		} and {
			PEkstein
		} and {
			TEzri
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Am J Surg}}
		
			185
			3
			
			,
	year={2003}
		
	

}

@incollection{b3,
	
	
		,
	title={{Operating room planning and scheduling: A literature review}}
		,
	author={{
			BCardoen
		} and {
			EDemeulemeester
		} and {
			JBeliën
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Eur J Oper Res}}
		
			201
			3
			
			,
	year={2010}
		
	

}

@incollection{b4,
	
	
		,
	title={{Lean in healthcare: the unfilled promise?}}
		,
	author={{
			ZJRadnor
		} and {
			MHolweg
		} and {
			Waringj
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Soc Science Med}}
		
			74
			3
			
			,
	year={2012}
		
	

}

@book{b5,
	
	
		,
	title={{Modeling and management of variation in the operating theatre}}
		,
	author={{
			PSStepaniak
		}}
		
			,
	year={2010}
			,
	address={Rotterdam}
		
		
			Dissertation, Erasmus University
		
	

}

@incollection{b6,
	
	
		,
	title={{the applicability of lean and six sigma techniques to clinical and translational research}}
		,
	author={{
			SSchwekhart
		} and {
			ADembe
		}}
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{J Invest}}
		
			57
			
			,
	year={2009}
		
	

}

@book{b7,
	
	
		,
	title={{Lean thinking: banish waste and create wealth in your corporation, revised}}
		,
	author={{
			JonesDWomackj
		}}
		
			,
	year={2003}
			,
	publisher={Simon & Schuster}
			,
	address={New York}
		
	

}

@book{b8,
	
	
		,
	title={{}}
		,
	author={{
			Makigamiinfo
		}}
		
		
			,
	year={17 December 2013}
		
	

}

@incollection{b9,
	
	
		,
	title={{A healthcare lean six sigma system for postanesthesia care unit workflow improvement}}
		,
	author={{
			Am-HKuo
		} and {
			EBorycki
		} and {
			AKuschniruk
		} and {
			T-SLee
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Q Manag Health Care}}
		
			20
			
			,
	year={2011}
		
	

}

@incollection{b10,
	
	
		,
	title={{Assessing the evidence of six sigma and lean in the health care industry}}
		,
	author={{
			JDellifraine
		} and {
			JLangabeer
		} and {
			INembhard
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Qual Manag Healthc}}
		
			19
			
			,
	year={2010}
		
	

}

@incollection{b11,
	
	
		,
	title={{Lean thinking: can it improve the outcome of fracture neck of femur patients in a district general hospital}}
		,
	author={{
			TAYousri
		} and {
			ZKhan
		} and {
			DChakrabarti
		} and {
			RFernandes
		} and {
			KWahab
		}}
		
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Injury}}
		
			42
			
			,
	year={2011}
		
	

}

@incollection{b12,
	
	
		,
	title={{Applying lean techniques to improve the patient scheduling process}}
		,
	author={{
			EMWojtys
		} and {
			LSchley
		} and {
			KAOvergaard
		} and {
			JAgbabian
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{J Healthc Qual}}
		
			31
			3
			
			,
	year={2009}
		
	

}

@incollection{b13,
	
	
		,
	title={{Use of lean and six sigma methodology to improve operating room efficiency in a high-volume tertiarycare medical center}}
		,
	author={{
			RROma
		} and {
			MJBrown
		} and {
			JRHebl
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{J Am Coll Surg}}
		
			213
			
			,
	year={2011}
		
	

}

@book{b14,
	
	
		,
	title={{Quality in fives: on the analysis, operationalization and application of nursing schedule quality. Dissertation}}
		,
	author={{
			JHOldenkamp
		}}
		
			,
	year={1996}
		
		
			University of Groningen
		
	

}

@incollection{b15,
	
	
		,
	title={{Staff scheduling and rostering: a review of applications, methods and models}}
		,
	author={{
			ATErnst
		} and {
			HJiang
		} and {
			MKrishnamoorthy
		} and {
			DSier
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Eur J Oper Res}}
		
			153
			1
			
			,
	year={2004}
		
	

}

@incollection{b16,
	
	
		,
	title={{Applying science and strategy to operating room workforce management}}
		,
	author={{
			VButler
		} and {
			CClinton
		} and {
			HKSaqi
		} and {
			RKenney
		} and {
			WKBarsoum
		}}
		
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Nurs Econ}}
		
			30
			
			,
	year={2012}
		
	

}

@incollection{b17,
	
	
		,
	title={{MHAH (2006) the effects of total quality management practices on employees' workrelated attitudes}}
		,
	author={{
			NKaria
		} and {
			Asaari
		}}
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{The TQM}}
		
			18
			
		
	

}

@incollection{b18,
	
	
		,
	title={{Application of value stream mapping in an Indian camshaft manufacturing organisation}}
		,
	author={{
			SVinodh
		} and {
			ArvindKSomanaathan
		} and {
			M
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{J Manuf Tech Manag}}
		
			21
			
			,
	year={2010}
		
	

}

@book{b19,
	
	
		,
	title={{Lean solutions: how companies and customers can create value and wealth together}}
		,
	author={{
			JPWomack
		} and {
			DTJones
		}}
		
		
			,
	year={2009}
			,
	publisher={Simon and Schuster}
		
	

}

@incollection{b20,
	
	
		,
	title={{) the state of the art of nurse rostering}}
		,
	author={{
			EKBurke
		} and {
			DeCausmaecker
		} and {
			P
		} and {
			VandenBerghe
		} and {
			GVan Landegem
		} and {
			H
		}}
		
		
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{J Sched}}
		
			7
			
			,
	year={2004}
		
	

}

@incollection{b21,
	
	
		,
	title={{Nursing works: the application of lean thinking to nursing processes}}
		,
	author={{
			SO'neill
		} and {
			TJones
		} and {
			DBennett
		} and {
			MLewis
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{J Nurs}}
		
			41
			
			,
	year={2011}
		
	

}

@incollection{b22,
	
	
		,
	title={{Staff scheduling and rostering: a review of applications, methods and models}}
		,
	author={{
			ATErnst
		} and {
			HJiang
		} and {
			MKrishnamoorthy
		} and {
			DSier
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Eur J Oper Res}}
		
			153
			
			,
	year={2004}
		
	

}

@incollection{b23,
	
	
		,
	title={{Automating the selfscheduling process of nurses in Swedish healthcare: a pilot study}}
		,
	author={{
			ERonnberg
		} and {
			TLarsson
		}}
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Health Care Manage Sci}}
		
			13
			
			,
	year={2010}
		
	

}

@incollection{b24,
	
	
		,
	title={{Associations between rates of unassisted inpatient falls and levels of registered and non-registered nurse staffing}}
		,
	author={{
			VSStaggs
		} and {
			NDunton
		}}
		
		10.1093/intqhc/mzt080
	
	
		,
	journal={{Int J Qual Health Care}}
		
			,
	year={2013}
		
	

}

@incollection{b25,
	
	
		,
	title={{Fundamental mindset that drives improvements towards lean production}}
		,
	author={{
			YYamamoto
		} and {
			MBellgran
		}}
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Assembly Autom}}
		
			30
			
			,
	year={2010}
		
	

}

@book{b26,
	
	
		,
	title={{Value stream mapping for healthcare made easy}}
		,
	author={{
			CJimmerson
		}}
		
			,
	year={2009}
			,
	publisher={New York Productivity Press}
			,
	address={New York}
		
	

}

@incollection{b27,
	
	
		,
	title={{Use of lean and six sigma methodology to improve operating room efficiency in a high-volume tertiarycare academic medical center}}
		,
	author={{
			RRCima
		} and {
			MJBrown
		} and {
			JRHebl
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{J Am Coll Surg}}
		
			,
	year={2011}
		
	

}