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.
Standard Work for Ice Cream
No, not for home consumption, but I ended up with a 3 gallon tub of ice cream (used for a Lean batching vs single-piece...
Reminder: Contest Ending May 18
Here's an update on the current LeanBlog Contest on visual management. There are three outstanding entries so far, ranging from a factory, a...
Is There "Standard Work" for Clinical Care?
Marketplace: Better health care through better informationThis commentator points out some shocking waste in the healthcare system:Although cancer doctors work long hours, they still...
We Need "Creativity Before Capital" in Hospitals
RFID tracks hospital's devices Dallas Morning News News for Dallas, Texas Business
This article was in the Dallas paper a week ago. It talks about...
Toyota Announces Plan to Release Temporary Workers
Got Boondoggle?: Toyota Releases Temp Workers
I got asked today why I hadn't yet commented on Toyota planning to fire some temporary workers in Indiana....
Lean Success Stories in the Dakotas!
Dakota MEP : Success StoriesThanks to blog reader Justin for sending this my way. In fact, if you ever have Lean stories that would...
VA Pittsburgh Definition of TPS
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Toyota Production System --> Dead Link
Here is a nice succinct definition of the Veteran's Affairs hospital production system in Pittsburgh....
Latest "Leading Lean" Columns
Here are the two most recent "Leading Lean" columns from Jamie Flinchbaugh:April 2007: Consistency Erodes Skepticism Here, Jamie maps out "a route through the...
Everyday Lean on Danish TV — the Actual Show
Thanks again to Peter from Denmark for telling us about this TV in an earlier blog post.
Peter reports back once again now that the...
L.A.M.E. — Thinking That Lean Hurts People
'Lean Production' May Also be a Lean Toward InjuriesPeople getting hurt would be a good indicator of Lean As Misguidedly Executed. The above...
Lean/Six Sigma Helps Streamline EDs
Nursing Spectrum- Career Fitness OnlineHere is a nice case study about the application of Lean, written by a nurse. Note for the IBM-er's,...
Lean in the USA Today
Toyota's success pleases proponents of 'lean'I know I've already linked to this article and other blogs in the lean world have already commented on...
