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.
Solectron organizes events to spread Lean
Six Sigma Blog: Solectron organizes events to spread Lean and Six Sigma implementation among suppliersFrom the Six Sigma Blog, an article about Solectron preaching...
Layoffs at a Lean Company
News - StatesmanJournal.comFrom Oregon: "Neilsen Manufacturing Inc. said Monday that it will slash its work force from 175 to 50 because of competition...
A "Kinder and Gentler" Lean Supply Base?
USATODAY.com - Ford will use fewer suppliers in attempt to cut costs:The Gemba Pantarei blog also has some good comments on this story about...
How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers
Curious Cat Management Improvement BlogOK, so it doesn't seem very lean for a blog to link to a blog that's linked to an article....
Coming Soon: Special Q&A with Womack and Jones
UPDATE: It's finally here, part 1 of the Q&AHello blog readers. I'm very excited. I have been promised a Q&A session with the...
Can America make it? We can’t lose our factories
DesMoinesRegister.com
Here is an editorial from the Des Moines Register newspaper, prompted by the planned closure of the Maytag plant in Newton Iowa, previously featured...
Toyota also says "Beat Toyota"
Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing thoughts | Gemba Panta ReiAnother good post from the Panta Rei lean blog on quality and perceptions of today's Toyota,...
Reopened coffee plant brightens up a devastated city
Reopened coffee plant brightens up a devastated city - Business - International Herald Tribune:
This isn't really a lean article, per se, but if...
Free Excerpts from "Lean Solutions"
Library - Lean Solutions Details
The LEI has kindly made pdf files available for download: Preface, Introduction, Chapter 1, and Chapter 2. Please...
"Lean Solutions" Now Shipping from Amazon
Also available directly (autographed copies) through the LEI (www.lean.org)I'm really looking forward to reading this. I'll get a review posted ASAP and encourage...
"Infinite Cost Reductions"?
asahi.com：Rises in efficiency reduce factory personnel - ENGLISH:From the article:"Toyota Motor Corp., one of the nation's most profitable and efficient manufacturers, is leading the...
Toyota Wins on Engine Production Metric, Is That What Matters?
Toyota plant retains fastest engine making titleI started my career at a GM V-8 engine plant in the mid 90's. "Hours per Engine" was...
