Tag: Womack

Back in 2007, I had my first opportunity to travel to England, a country I really love visiting. I had the chance to attend...

Last Monday, I had the chance to attend a Lean Startup event in Austin where Eric Ries announced the launch of a Kickstarter project for a new book. 10 days ago isn't much of

As often happens, I have too many open browser tabs full of articles that I was going to potentially blog about. Too much WIP...

Friday, I shared my song "Gemba Claus is Comin' to Town" and I thought I was done posting for the year. But, my wife and...

People often say Lean is pretty simple (or that it's just "common sense"). Yeah, some of the concepts are simple... but sometimes deceptively so....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g202QmfzpFo Here is a 10-minute talk I gave at the 2014 Lean Transformation Summit. I'm introduced by Jim Womack and we do Q&A at the...

I get a lot of emails from regular readers or people who have just stumbled across my blog. I try to be as helpful...

Listen: My guest for Episode 188 has been a leading voice in the Lean community for 25 years, Daniel T. Jones, founder and chairman of...

Mark's note: Christina Kach is back with a new post, this time a review of what should probably be considered a "Lean classic." Come...

When I wrote the post "The Term "Lean Production" is 25 Years Old - Some Thoughts on the Original John Krafcik Article" back in...

tl;dr: In this post, Mark reflects on the 25th anniversary of the term "Lean Production," delving into the original article that coined it. He...

When the book Lean Thinking (by Jim Womack and Dan Jones) was originally published in 1996, it seems likely that hardly anyone was applying Lean principles in healthcare. Sure, you had organizations applying TQM or CQI principles (or even some of the lessons of Dr. W. Edwards Deming). Joan Wellman did some of her first Lean healthcare experiments in 1995, but there weren't any "Lean healthcare" case studies yet. What does their book say?