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8. Is Lean an Acronym? Is it “LEAN”? “L.E.A.N.?” 19,854 views
9. A Video Showing Office 5S Gone Wrong 18,914 views
10. The #Lean Goals That Matter: SQDCM 18,325 views
11. My Thoughts on Standardized Work and #Lean 17,584 views
12. #Lean: Clarifying Push, Pull, and Flow in a Hospital; the Patient “Pulls” 16,388 views
13. Statistics on Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Problems – Errors & Harm 15,812 views
14. Toyota, Respect for People (or “Humanity”) and Lean 14,936 views
15. Updated: Why Toyota is Eliminating the Andon Cord from its Factories 13,561 views
16. How a Simple Office Kanban System Works at the Lean Enterprise Institute 12,777 views
17. Eight Types of Waste in Healthcare 12,346 views
18. Overcapacity and Overproduction in the Auto Industry (and Healthcare) 11,477 views
19. The Term “Lean Production” is 25 Years Old – Some Thoughts on the Original John Krafcik Article 10,742 views
20. PDF of “Triumph of the Lean Production System” is Finally Available 9,280 views
21. Guest Post: What is “Yokoten?” 9,239 views
22. Guest Post: The One Thing Lean Six Sigma Got Wrong About Lean 9,227 views
23. Picking on the PICK Chart 8,528 views
24. Fighting “We've Always Done It This Way” in Workplaces & Baseball 8,494 views
25. About Mark Graban 8,059 views
26. Video on a “2-Bin” Kanban System at a Pennsylvania Hospital 7,911 views
27. Podcasts 7,707 views
28. Farewell to “30 Rock” & its Six Sigma Jokes 7,366 views
29. Wise Words from Mark Twain on Continuous Improvement and Perfection 7,044 views
30. Top 10 Amazon Healthcare Administration Books 6,981 views
31. DirecTV Makes it Hard to Cancel & Move 6,968 views
32. Is it a Bad Idea to Pay a Lean Consultant Based on a Percentage of Cost Savings? 6,908 views
33. Contact Mark Graban 6,839 views
34. The Oscars, An Embarrassing Preventable Error, #Lean, and Process Improvement 6,776 views
35. What Happens to Leaders Who Don't Listen? 6,722 views
36. Doctors Bash “Taylorism” and “Toyota Lean” in the New England Journal of Medicine 6,682 views
37. “Standard” vs. “Standardized” Work in Lean 6,439 views
38. Blog 6,372 views
39. Video of a Daily Huddle at Everett Clinic 6,323 views
40. Origins of this Quote on “The Biggest Room in the World”? 6,319 views
41. What's the Buzz on #Lean Certifications? [Be Sure to Read the Comments!] 6,031 views
42. Video: Toyota Helps a NYC Food Bank & Hurricane Sandy Victims 5,967 views
43. Great Steve Jobs Video (& Transcript) from 1990 on Continuous Improvement 5,937 views
44. Book Review: One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way 5,667 views
45. About LeanBlog.org 5,666 views
46. “Quality Circles” Are Alive & Well in Japanese Organizations; We Might Call it A3 Problem Solving 5,664 views
47. The Truth About Data and PDSA/PDCA from a Toyota Publication 5,485 views
48. Guest Post: Tool Crib Management & Its Role in Lean Manufacturing 5,256 views
49. It's Awful When the Person Teaching #Lean Doesn't Get the Bad 5S Joke 5,224 views
50. “Stop the Line” in a Hospital 5,043 views

 

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