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5. Lean Quotes Collection 30k views
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8. The United Flight 3411 Mess, Holding Individuals Accountable vs. Fixing the System [Updates] 26.9k views
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10. A Video Showing Office 5S Gone Wrong 26.1k views
11. #Lean: Clarifying Push, Pull, and Flow in a Hospital; the Patient (the Customer) “Pulls” 22.2k views
12. Eight Types of Waste in Healthcare 21.1k views
13. My Thoughts on Standardized Work and #Lean 20.5k views
14. Toyota, Respect for People (or “Humanity”) and Lean 20.5k views
15. Statistics on Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Problems – Errors & Harm 17.9k views
16. Guest Post: What is “Yokoten?” 16.6k views
17. Free Download: Process Tracking Letters for Lean Daily Management Boards 16.6k views
18. Why Toyota is Eliminating the Andon Cord from its Factories 16.5k views
19. Overcapacity and Overproduction in the Auto Industry (and Healthcare) 15.2k views
20. How a Simple Office Kanban System Works at the Lean Enterprise Institute 14.3k views
21. The Term “Lean Production” is 25 Years Old – Some Thoughts on the Original John Krafcik Article 14.1k views
22. PDF of “Triumph of the Lean Production System” is Finally Available 13.3k views
23. Picking on the PICK Chart 12.4k views
24. Wise Words from Mark Twain on Continuous Improvement and Perfection 12.1k views
25. What Happens to Leaders Who Don't Listen? 11.8k views
26. Guest Post: The One Thing Lean Six Sigma Got Wrong About Lean 10.5k views
27. Podcasts 10.5k views
28. Fighting “We've Always Done It This Way” in Workplaces & Baseball 10.1k views
29. Origins of this Quote on “The Biggest Room in the World”? 10k views
30. Farewell to “30 Rock” & its Six Sigma Jokes 9.8k views
31. About Mark Graban 9.6k views
32. Video on a “2-Bin” Kanban System at a Pennsylvania Hospital 9.5k views
33. A Toyota Leader on Misunderstandings About the Toyota Production System 8.4k views
34. Is it a Bad Idea to Pay a Lean Consultant Based on a Percentage of Cost Savings? 8.4k views
35. “Standard” vs. “Standardized” Work in Lean 8.3k views
36. Lean Comedy 8.2k views
37. Top 10 Amazon Healthcare Administration Books 8.2k views
38. Video of a Daily Huddle at Everett Clinic 8.1k views
39. Video: Toyota Helps a NYC Food Bank & Hurricane Sandy Victims 8k views
40. “Quality Circles” Are Alive & Well in Japanese Organizations; We Might Call it A3 Problem Solving 7.9k views
41. Tool Crib Management & Its Role in Lean Manufacturing 7.8k views
42. Blog 7.7k views
43. Doctors Bash “Taylorism” and “Toyota Lean” in the New England Journal of Medicine 7.7k views
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45. 10 Common Problem Solving Mistakes 7.6k views
46. Great Steve Jobs Video (& Transcript) from 1990 on Continuous Improvement 7.5k views
47. Toyota is Admired for Good Reason… But About Those Rotating Job Shifts… 7.4k views
48. DirecTV Makes it Hard to Cancel & Move 7.2k views
49. Book Review: One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way 7k views
50. The Oscars, An Embarrassing Preventable Error, #Lean, and Process Improvement 7k views