Mark Graban
Mark Graban is an internationally-recognized consultant, author, and professional speaker, and podcaster with experience in healthcare, manufacturing, and startups.
Mark's latest book is The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation, a recipient of the Shingo Publication Award.
He is also the author of Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More, Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, and the anthology Practicing Lean, previous Shingo recipients.
Mark is also a Senior Advisor to the technology company KaiNexus.
Updated: Educated workforce tipped Toyota plant into Woodstock
Business Edge News Magazine - businessedge.ca - Ontario Edition:A rebuttal from Alabama (and Toyota)Does your company want intelligent workers who can think or the...
In Times Of Adversity, Don’t Abandon Basics
IndustryWeek : Continuous ImprovementThis is a new recurring column from Industry Week. The author makes the pitch that companies shouldn't "forget about" continuous improvement...
Nissan First Manufacturer to Introduce Die Inventory Management System Featuring Stacked-Type...
MoreRFID
Nissan's version of "TPS" is the "Nissan Production Way". Here is an interesting article about the use of new technology (RFID) to...
5 S’s spell efficiency for Job Shop
Cincinnati Enquirer:While the article talks about the specifics of 5S, I like how they mention that it isn't just about putting tape around garbage...
Kanban vs. "FAXban" vs. "e-Kanban"
i-Newswire.com - Press Release And News Distribution - Kanban Marketshare Leader is Datacraft Solutions
I can certainly see the appeal in electronic kanban. If you...
Ford’s Padilla is Chasing Toyota
Bloomberg.com: U.S.:Comments from the Ford president:"Padilla says Toyota serves as an example of how to make winning models.``Toyota doesn't hit home runs every time...
New Book Focusing on Lean Failures
How to Prevent Lean Implementation Failures: 10 Reasons Why Failures OccurI read this book over the weekend, here is the review I wrote for...
China Catching Up in the Mall Race?
The Standard - The great mall of China - Opinion Section:Interesting view into the growth of malls in China. This excerpt from the article...
Is Your Mediocrity an Emergency?
Seth's Blog: The Mediocre Emergency
While Seth Godin is mainly a marketing guru, I like his provocative thoughts. From a lean manufacturing perspective, is...
Counterintuitive Findings on Traffic Jams and Flow
Click Here for Free LinkThe main point of the article is that, on freeways, attempts by individual drivers to go faster (changing lanes, etc.)...
American moves up at Toyota
Detroit Free PressThis is significant, in addition to an American, Gary Convis, running the Georgetown plant in Kentucky."It's not coincidental when Toyota is finally...
Lear seeks cuts, cheap labor
Detroit Free Press:"Southfield-based Lear Corp., which employs 9,400 workers in Michigan and about 100,000 more worldwide, fired its second warning flare this year on...
