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WSJ Wrongly Blames Apple Inventory Problems on “Lean Manufacturing”

Mark Graban Jul 15, 2010 12
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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…
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