Mark Graban
Mark Graban is an internationally-recognized consultant, author, and professional speaker, and podcaster with experience in healthcare, manufacturing, and startups.
Mark's latest book is The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation, a recipient of the Shingo Publication Award.
He is also the author of Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More, Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, and the anthology Practicing Lean, previous Shingo recipients.
Mark is also a Senior Advisor to the technology company KaiNexus.
Lean Louisville Sluggers
Louisville Slugger: The sweet spot:As the article points out, Kentucky is quite the hotbed of lean manufacturing, with the influence of the Toyota Georgetown...
Lean for Small Businesses in Rockford IL
Rockford Register Star | Web site of the Rock River ValleyHere's a small case study from Rockford IL:For Leading Edge, a 120-employee shop that...
Lean in the Air Force
Thinking lean, a must for stronger, smaller Air ForceHere's an article about the Air Force's ongoing Lean efforts, a Major General giving a speech...
Reducing Waste, Hurting Food Banks
Food Banks Go Hungry - WSJ.com ($$)This is something I blogged about in August 2005 (with a link then to Joe Ely's blog), now...
LeanBlog Podcast #25 – Mark Spearman, Co-Author of the Operations Textbook...
Listen:
For Episode #25, I'm pleased to have Dr. Mark Spearman, Founder and President/CEO of Factory Physics, Inc. You may know Dr. Spearman from his...
Visual Management Contest Winner
I'm happy to announce a winner in the LeanBlog Contest that was sponsored by American LED-gible, Inc (www.ledgible.com).I had three outstanding entries, so it...
eBay and Respect for People
shmula ยป eBay and Toyota: Respect for People : Business, Technology, and Stuff in BetweenOur friend, Pete Abilla, is two weeks into his...
EPA is Promoting Lean
Lean and the Environment | EPAHas anyone heard about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pushing Lean for environmental/conservation purposes? Interesting idea.The EPA website...
Employee Driven Improvement at Southwest
Seconds count for Southwest | Dallas Morning NewsHere was a nice article from the Dallas paper a week ago about kaizen-type activities at Southwest...
"The Last Days of a Low-Tech Factory"
U.S. hanger factories lose out to Chinese manufacturers - March 5, 2007: "This isn't a Lean article, just an article that caught my eye...
Elements of Lean Surgery at Geisinger Health System
In Bid for Better Care, Surgery With a Warranty - New York Times
This outstanding NY Times article isn't about "Lean" per se (they don't...
"Doesnt Seem Lean…"
Here's a terminology question:When somebody evaluates a situation and says "such and such practice doesn't seem very lean," I sometimes cringe. Why? ...
