WSJ Wrongly Blames Apple Inventory Problems on “Lean Manufacturing” Mark Graban Jul 15, 2010 12 Blog OK, so I'll admit I had a case of "rabbit ears" when I took the WSJ to task for calling the doomed BP Deepwater…
The WSJ is Once Again Mostly Wrong About Just in Time (No Surprise) Mark Graban May 4, 2021 3 Blog This image -- a huge container ship coming from a far-off land -- does NOT represent the Lean and Toyota!-->…
WSJ’s Wrong Conclusion on Frederick Taylor Mark Graban Nov 6, 2006 13 Blog Deja Vu - WSJ.com "Early Industry Expert Soon Realized a Staff Had Its Own Efficiency" The WSJ has it wrong on…
This WSJ Article About Lean Isn’t Terrible (via GE and Larry Culp) Mark Graban Nov 17, 2021 2 Blog The Wall Street Journal has an epic track record when it comes to always getting it wrong when they write about!-->…
The WSJ Overgeneralizes about The “Japanese Model,” Not All Companies… Mark Graban Feb 8, 2018 5 Blog Not all Japanese companies are the same. "Lean isn't easy" if you're a Japanese company. Toyota has created…
Would the WSJ Blame “Just in Time” for the Stanley Cup Being Late? Mark Graban Jun 22, 2015 1 Audio The Wall St Journal loves writing about how "Just In Time" (JIT) is a risky inventory strategy. See my past posts…
More Than Grammar in This WSJ Grammar Quiz Mark Graban Jun 26, 2012 3 Blog Last week, my dad pointed out this grammar quiz on the Wall Street Journal website (as part of the article "This…
A Video Showing Office 5S Gone Wrong Mark Graban Apr 28, 2012 46 Best You might also have seen the first video animation that I did last week about the waste of getting new recycling…
Fox News Channel Understands “Lean” Better than the WSJ Mark Graban May 2, 2011 7 Blog On Friday, there was yet another Wall Street Journal article about Lean (fixating as they always do on the "Just In…
Record of Annual WSJ Just-in-Time / Lean Blunders Mark Graban Aug 20, 2010 8 Blog The Wall Street Journal, sadly, has a long track record of not understanding Lean, as I've written about many!-->…
Come on, WSJ, Why Drag “Lean” Into It? Mark Graban Jul 5, 2010 12 Blog While I was on vacation, the news (the BBC World Service, mainly) focused quite a lot on the BP oil spill in the…
Did this WSJ reviewer even read “The Checklist Manifesto?” Mark Graban Feb 2, 2010 13 Blog I just finished Dr. Atul Gawande's latest book, The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right. I believe that…
A Lean Guy Reads the WSJ, Nov 30 Edition Mark Graban Dec 1, 2009 3 Blog Some days, it seems the WSJ is a treasure trove of tangentially Lean related articles. Similar to "blog carnivals,"…
This Year’s WSJ “JIT”-Bashing Article, Again Misguided Mark Graban May 18, 2009 7 Blog Clarity Is Missing Link in Supply Chain - WSJ.com Ah, here we go, it's time for the annual Just-In-Time-bashing…
WSJ Finds Another U.S. Manufacturer Mark Graban Oct 30, 2006 0 Blog Few Hands, Many Hours - WSJ.comSorry for the delay in getting to Part 3 in the WSJ series that I like to call,…
WSJ Blows It On Lean Mark Graban Jun 19, 2006 4 WSJ.com - It's Not Easy Being LeanFree version via Pittsburgh Post-GazetteI was disappointed with a "Managing"…
WSJ.com – For Caterpillar, Commodity Boom Creates a Bind Mark Graban Jan 4, 2005 0 Blog WSJ.com - (Subscription Only) A reminder that profit = price - cost, where the price is set by the market (not the…
Congratulations to Gregg Popovich, Winningest NBA Coach and a Great Leader Mark Graban Mar 12, 2022 0 Blog When I lived in San Antonio (2012 to 2015), I became a huge fan of the San Antonio Spurs. I mean, it's a civic!-->…