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Lean Thinking (Finally?) Gets to Chrysler Windsor Plant?

by Mark Graban on May 21, 2013 · 2 comments

Screen Shot 2013 05 20 at 11.20.46 PM 284x300 Lean Thinking (Finally?) Gets to Chrysler Windsor Plant? leanThis article appeared back in March… March of 2013… as in this year: “Windsor Chrysler workers reduce waste to be world class.” I mean, good for them, but they are just now getting to this (even if the effort started in 2009 or so)… in the auto industry? Many hospitals were applying Lean thinking before then. Was that Chrysler plant expecting Toyota to just go away? I worked at a GM plant from 1995 to 1997 and the writing on the wall was clear that Lean / Toyota Production System was the winning formula.

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Shingo Research Award for “Healthcare Kaizen”!

by Mark Graban May 20, 2013 4 comments

My co-author Joe Swartz and I are happy to announce that our book Healthcare Kaizen was named a recipient of the prestigious Shingo Professional Publication and Research Award. The award will be formally presented to the co-authors in early 2014 at the Shingo Prize annual conference. A formal release will be coming out in a few weeks, but [...]

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Podcast #175 – Mike Taubitz, Lean and Safety

by Mark Graban May 17, 2013 1 comment

Please upgrade your browser MP3 File (run time 28:17) My guest for podcast #175 is Mike Taubitz of the firm Sustainable Lean and FDR Safety. Mike is a retired GM employee (including a stint as Global Safety Director) and we met at the Michigan Lean Consortium conference in 2011. We quickly discovered our shared interest in Dr. [...]

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