Tag: Japan
Podcast #186 – Jon Miller Discusses His Book Creating a Kaizen...
My guest for episode #186 is my friend Jon Miller, CEO of Kaizen Institute and a long-time blogger at Gemba Panta Rei. Today, we're...
Brilliant 1981 Article: “Why Japanese factories work” – Relevant for Healthcare...
The year is 1981. A Major League Baseball strike interrupts the season. We're in the midst of the Cold War. President Reagan is shot....
Japan Trip: Going to Gemba and Seeing 5S at a Japanese...
I've been going back through my notes and pictures from my first trip to Japan in November... my goal is to blog about something or...
Guest Post: The Risk of Ignoring Muri
Today's guest post is by author Natalie Sayer, who was my guest for Podcast #145.
While doing research for another project, I had the...
A Small Batch of Bread, Other Random Japan Pictures
I'm on my way home from Japan as this post gets published. I will probably take the week off from blogging for the Thanksgiving...
The “Gold Prize” Kaizen QC Project Saved How Much?
Yesterday, our tour group had a chance to visit an outstanding factory. They manufacture gas meters and they do everything from casting aluminum, creating...
A Japanese Hospital CEO on Kaizen, Innovation, and Breakthrough
Yesterday, our Lean Healthcare tour of Japan (with Kaizen Institute) took us to our second hospital, this time in Tokyo. The CEO, Shuhei Iida,...
Standardized Work: “Unity in the Essential, Liberty in the Non-Essential…”
Our Kaizen Institute guide, Brad Schmidt (pictured above) talked to us on Monday about standardized work. He said, of the practice at Toyota, that...
Andon Cords at the Toyota Takaota Plant – It Doesn’t Come...
Yesterday, I was able to visit Toyota City as part of the Kaizen Institute tour I am a part of. Now, we weren't able...
Highlights From My First Lean Study Trip to Japan, Day 1
I know many of you aren't into the whole Twitter thing, but I'm using my account (@MarkGraban) to share some photos and small batches...
Going to Japan to Study Lean in November – Any Advice...
I had previously blogged about this Lean healthcare study trip to Japan, but I'm really excited that it's coming up soon! I depart in...
Looking Back – What Dr. Deming Taught the Japanese
Last week, I had a chance to see one of the "Deming Library" videos (on loan to me by Claire Crawford-Mason). BTW, I'll be...
