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.
Toyota is More Selective than Harvard?
63,000 People In San Antonio Seek To Fill 2,000 Jobs At Toyota's New Factory: A few interesting quotes in this article, which begins with:"It...
A Lean Paint Can?
Thinking by Peter Davidson: Dutch Boy Knows What They Are Marketing
This seems like a very smart lean paint can. Think of painting a...
Healthcare Professionals Learning How to Use Value-Stream Mapping
Lean Enterprise Institute
This is a press release/ad from the LEI. It's interesting to see how these tools and concepts are being adopted in...
Another Boeing Quote Saying Price = Cost + Profit??
Airbus, Boeing Eye Production Rate Boosts Across Product Lines - Fly Away Simulation, Flight Simulator #1:I've written about Boeing's impressive cycle time reduction before....
Call for change to avoid medical mistakes in hospitals
KING5.com News for Seattle, Washington KING5 HealthLinkA scary example of how a lack of 5S can literally kill." The mother of four...
Two Global Value Streams Passing In the Night
Interesting story about a Fortune 500 company who is starting up a factory in China: Apparently, they are having trouble getting tools,...
U.S. mom-and-pop firms go global
Business - International Herald TribuneInteresting article on how small mom-and-pop startups are using China's manufacturing capabilities to get off the ground.Please check out my...
Beware the China bashers
KRT Wire | 06/21/2005
From the Chicago Tribune, an editorial. "Forcing a rapid upward revaluation of the yuan, as Congress seeks to do, won't...
The Chase of Cheap does Deeper into China
FT.com / Asia-Pacific - Chinese manufacturing hub toughens investor rules:
There's always somebody/someplace "cheaper" isn't there?
"Shortages of power, labour, land and water are raising...
Foreign Makers, Settled in South, Pace Car Industry
New York Times:"Toyota's impact on the nation's economy has been powerful. A study by the Center for Automotive Research, which has yet to...
Another Maytag Story
Chicago Tribune news : Business:
This is a tough spot to be in. Ideally, you'd like to grow your way into increased efficiency...
Quality in Baggage Handling
As I sat on the plane, waiting to depart, we watched a video that featured the airline CEO (the airline rhymes with Bontinental). The...
