How Checklists and the “Andon Cord” Concept Can Help With Webinars
For years, Dr. Greg Jacobson and I have used checklists when prepping for and running our various webinars via…
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Podcast #314 – Skip Steward & Brandon Brown, on TWI & Kata in…
Today I have two guests joining me for Episode #314 of the podcast. They are Skip Steward, the Chief Improvement…
The Academy Awards Add an Inspector, Practice “Andon Cord Pulls,”…
Tomorrow, my post will be about headlines that scream about ratings for The Oscars being "down from last year" or…
Key Tweets from @MarkGraban – Week of February 29, 2016: Andon, Vets &…
Reminder: Tomorrow is the last day to enter the Amazon Giveaway where you have a chance to win a free copy of my…
Why Toyota is Eliminating the Andon Cord from its Factories
If you clicked on my intentionally attention grabbing headline (or what might be a parody of those)... no, Toyota…
Andon Cords at the Toyota Takaota Plant – It Doesn’t Come Naturally?
Yesterday, I was able to visit Toyota City as part of the Kaizen Institute tour I am a part of. Now, we weren't…
In Times Of Adversity, Don’t Abandon Basics
IndustryWeek : Continuous ImprovementThis is a new recurring column from Industry Week. The author makes the pitch…
The WSJ is Once Again Mostly Wrong About Just in Time (No Surprise)
This image -- a huge container ship coming from a far-off land -- does NOT represent the Lean and Toyota…
Keith Champion on the Lucid (Motors) Production System
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My guest for Episode…
Hide Oba Discusses His Legendary Father, Toyota’s Hajime Oba
Joining me for Episode #397 is Hide Oba. His father was the late Hajime Oba, famous for his work at Toyota and the…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: Jan 15, 2021
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing…
What Were the 11 Most Read LeanBlog.org Posts of the Second Half of 2020?
Thanks everybody for reading my blog here in 2020.
When I posted the top 10 most-read posts from the first half…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: October 2, 2020
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this...
Healthcare -- Creating Value for Patients
Why did…
Remembering Hajime Oba of Toyota and TSSC (1945-2020)
I've seen a number of people post on LinkedIn about the passing of the legendary "Mr. Oba" of Toyota (sometimes…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: April 24, 2020
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this...
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
Paul…
A Throwback to Another #ThrowbackThursday: Yet Again, the Wrong House Was…
I can't believe that I'm once again writing about this. But, I saw in the news that ANOTHER house was mistakenly…
Iowa Democratic Caucus 2020: “App Problem” or “System…
Let's start today's post with Point #8 from The Toyota Way management philosophy:
"Use only reliable,…
It’s Hard to Ask Leaders to Change the System in Which They’ve Risen…
The other day, I stumbled across an old article that I remember, as it was published in the Wall Street Journal in…