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The history of the term Lean is relatively recent and originates from the Toyota Production System (TPS). The term "Lean" means "thin", which refers to a mental process, operational, productive, no-frills, quick but not hasty, consequential to the previous event. The Lean process flows seamlessly into the result, eliminates unnecessary complications to the effect, prevents unnecessary equipment processes. The idea is to 'do more with less', like using the (few) available resources in the most productive way possible, through the elimination of all types of waste that inevitably accompanies every stage of a production process. Lean management is primarily a management philosophy, a system of values and behaviors that goes beyond the mere application of the instrument and that, once internalized, will form the nucleus of the corporate culture. "Lean Oncology" is a term coined to identify a methodology of care and treatment to cancer patients, consisting on process simplification, streamlining of the organizational and routes of drug treatment, detection and elimination of waste. Its main objective is the centrality of the patient.
“精益”一词的历史相对较新，起源于丰田生产系统（TPS）。“精益”意为“瘦”，指的是一种思维过程，即注重运营、注重生产、不繁琐、快速但不仓促、与前一个事件相关。精益过程流畅地转化为结果，消除了对效果不必要的复杂，防止了不必要的设备过程。其理念是“用更少的资源做更多的事情”，例如以最具生产力的方式使用（少量）可用资源，通过消除生产过程各阶段不可避免的各种浪费。精益管理主要是一种管理理念，是一种价值观和行为体系，超越了工具的单纯应用，一旦内化，将成为企业文化的核心。“精益肿瘤学”是一个术语，用于识别一种针对癌症患者的护理和治疗方法，包括简化流程、精简组织和药物治疗途径、发现和消除浪费。其主要目标是患者为中心。
