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5. Lean Quotes Collection 26,074 views
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8. Is Lean an Acronym? Is it “LEAN”? “L.E.A.N.?” 18,714 views
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10. My Thoughts on Standardized Work and #Lean 17,169 views
11. The #Lean Goals That Matter: SQDCM 16,389 views
12. #Lean: Clarifying Push, Pull, and Flow in a Hospital; the Patient “Pulls” 15,709 views
13. Statistics on Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Problems – Errors & Harm 15,361 views
14. Toyota, Respect for People (or “Humanity”) and Lean 14,288 views
15. Updated: Why Toyota is Eliminating the Andon Cord from its Factories 13,235 views
16. How a Simple Office Kanban System Works at the Lean Enterprise Institute 12,489 views
17. Eight Types of Waste in Healthcare 11,467 views
18. Overcapacity and Overproduction in the Auto Industry (and Healthcare) 10,976 views
19. The Term “Lean Production” is 25 Years Old – Some Thoughts on the Original John Krafcik Article 10,171 views
20. Guest Post: The One Thing Lean Six Sigma Got Wrong About Lean 9,072 views
21. PDF of “Triumph of the Lean Production System” is Finally Available 8,718 views
22. Guest Post: What is “Yokoten?” 8,309 views
23. Fighting “We've Always Done It This Way” in Workplaces & Baseball 8,289 views
24. Picking on the PICK Chart 7,952 views
25. About Mark Graban 7,850 views
26. Video on a “2-Bin” Kanban System at a Pennsylvania Hospital 7,764 views
27. Podcasts 7,395 views
28. Farewell to “30 Rock” & its Six Sigma Jokes 7,161 views
29. DirecTV Makes it Hard to Cancel & Move 6,934 views
30. Contact Mark Graban 6,838 views
31. Top 10 Amazon Healthcare Administration Books 6,820 views
32. The Oscars, An Embarrassing Preventable Error, #Lean, and Process Improvement 6,766 views
33. Is it a Bad Idea to Pay a Lean Consultant Based on a Percentage of Cost Savings? 6,660 views
34. Doctors Bash “Taylorism” and “Toyota Lean” in the New England Journal of Medicine 6,435 views
35. Wise Words from Mark Twain on Continuous Improvement and Perfection 6,308 views
36. Blog 6,226 views
37. Video of a Daily Huddle at Everett Clinic 6,167 views
38. “Standard” vs. “Standardized” Work in Lean 6,029 views
39. Origins of this Quote on “The Biggest Room in the World”? 6,021 views
40. What's the Buzz on #Lean Certifications? [Be Sure to Read the Comments!] 5,949 views
41. Video: Toyota Helps a NYC Food Bank & Hurricane Sandy Victims 5,732 views
42. Great Steve Jobs Video (& Transcript) from 1990 on Continuous Improvement 5,705 views
43. Book Review: One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way 5,534 views
44. “Quality Circles” Are Alive & Well in Japanese Organizations; We Might Call it A3 Problem Solving 5,476 views
45. About LeanBlog.org 5,454 views
46. What Happens to Leaders Who Don't Listen? 5,298 views
47. The Truth About Data and PDSA/PDCA from a Toyota Publication 5,283 views
48. Guest Post: Tool Crib Management & Its Role in Lean Manufacturing 5,080 views
49. It's Awful When the Person Teaching #Lean Doesn't Get the Bad 5S Joke 4,992 views
50. “Stop the Line” in a Hospital 4,910 views