Mark Graban
Mark Graban is an internationally-recognized consultant, author, and professional speaker, and podcaster with experience in healthcare, manufacturing, and startups.
Mark's new book is The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation.
He is also the author of Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More, the Shingo Award-winning books Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, and the anthology Practicing Lean.
Mark is also a Senior Advisor to the technology company KaiNexus.
Front Page Jobs Bank Embarrassment
The GM "Jobs Bank" has come up many times here before, but now the Wall St. Journal has a front page article (subscription required)....
Want to Live in a Model T Factory?
TipTop Apartments - Former Ford Plant
I was in Omaha, Nebraska yesterday and saw what looked like an old Ford factory near the airport. It...
Happy Birthday to the Blog and A New Design
Hello blog readers and lean folks....
Between being busy with work and just not paying attention, the Lean Manufacturing Blog celebrated it's 1st birthday/anniversary in...
Reflections on a Year of Blogging
Where It's Been What started as a "lean manufacturing" blog moved into other related areas, "lean healthcare" (which I've...
Lean Sandwich Ovens
Lincoln Foodservice to capitalize on 'toasted' craze:
Here's an article about a company that produces flow ovens for making toasted sandwiches (think Quizno's). As an...
Toyota keeps costs ‘slim’
PittsburghLIVE.comHere's an article that highlights some of Toyota's innovation and success, including a brief description of a "u-shaped cell" for a casting process, which...
Using Lean to Ship TO CHINA
Neosho Daily NewsFor a while there, Wisconsin was the hotbed of lean articles. This week, it's Missouri, and both articles are in a...
“I’ll Meet You at 2 AM….”
I keep seeing this ad on the local Dallas-area cable system, for Lewis Chevrolet in a small town, Canton TX. It's a folksy...
NPR Show Discusses The Future of U.S. Manufacturing
On Point : American Manufacturing and Jobs
Here is a 45 minute audio program from National Public Radio, discussing the future of manufacturing, focusing on...
"The Customer Is God"
tompeters!
This quote came from a frenetic Tom Peters slide deck (link above, see slide #14).
"THE CUSTOMER IS GOD AND THE MARKET DECIDES EVERYTHING."
That sounds...
La-Z-Boy changing production lines to compete with China
Neosho Daily NewsHere is a nice story from Missouri about how La-Z-Boy is converting it's plant (and others) from "batch and queue" to a...
Lean Eyes on Customer Service
Evolving Excellence: Adventures in Customer ServiceI was already thinking of blogging on customer service adventures today when I saw the post by Kevin Meyers...
