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.
The Dynamics of Lean Implementation and Transformation
Article LinkMain SME Lean LinkThe Society for Manufacturing Engineers puts out a noteworthy "lean directions" newsletter from time to time and there are many...
Honda Profits from Soybeans
I'm not sure if you can strictly call this "lean", but I like this example of creative thinking on Honda's part. It certainly illustrates...
Feature Article – Oh, What A Company! – 03/05
Autofieldguide.comHere is a very long article (set of articles, really) on Toyota and TPS. It includes thoughts from Taiichi Ohno, Fujio Cho, and Gary...
Subtle Shifts in the 7 Wastes of Lean
Gemba Research - Blog
A new article from the excellent blog at Gemba Research's web site, talking about the Toyota 7 (8? 9? 10?) Wastes....
Wanted: Inspired Leaders, Engaged Employees
IndustryWeek : Editor's Page:A recent Conference Board survey shows: * 40% of workers feel disconnected from their employers. * two...
New Balance Shoes Uses Lean
Kennebec (ME) Journal
Here is a case study of New Balance Shoes and their lean efforts. It certainly sounds like they have been able...
Wal-Mart CEO "Forced" to Source Globally?
I'm currently reading a fascinating and eye opening book, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman,...
Waste/Muda in Phone Prompt Systems
No link to an article here, but I had to comment on a process that almost always has teh same form of waste --...
Every Day Error Proofing Examples
www.mistakeproofing.com
I love this website. There are 30+ examples of every day errorproofing. I wish my bank's ATM had the error proofing function...
"Mistake" with Deadly Flu Virus
Forbes.com:The lead of this story reads: "An influenza virus that caused the deaths of more than 1 million people in 1957 was mistakenly...
Get me a Lean Latte, I mean Non-Fat Latte
WSJ.com - Coffee on the Double (registration required, but this link might work)
From Today's Wall St. Journal, the lean parallels are hard to miss,...
More thoughts from Gary Convis of Toyota
Role of Management in a Lean Manufacturing Environment:
Rather than trying to add anything to his comments, read his own words here and in...
