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.
"Open Wide and Say ‘Lean’"
By Dean Bliss (bio below)At the recent Shingo Prize conference, I was reminded of the power of Lean. Not just because of the...
UPS Reducing Driving Waste
ABC News: UPS Figures Out the 'Right Way' to Save Money, Time and Gas
"Efficiency is so much a part of the culture at UPS..."...
You Still "Gotta Ask"
IndustryWeek : Where Is Your Company's Next Big Idea Coming From?Chuck Yorke was co-author, along with our friend Norman Bodek, of the book All...
Video: Boeing’s Moving Line
Here's an interesting video showing Boeing's 737 line, moving at a takt time pace of 2 inches per minute.
The referenced video has been removed...
Will Lean Outperform Bureaucracy?
Worldandnation: Scandal sires bureaucracy
It's too bad that the Lean Six Sigma component of the response to the problems at Walter Reed has been lumped...
Government, Soldiers, and Backlogs
Worldandnation: Backlog has veterans waiting for disability claims
Here is a sad case of bad flow, an imbalance in demand and capacity, and the impact...
TX Paper Accuses Mulally of Insulting Salespeople
Star-Telegram.com | 04/06/2007 | America's Great Automotive StuntmenLocal car columnist Ed Wallace seems like a friendly curmudgeon. This week, he writes about Ford's...
Standardizing the Standards
Hospitals try to reduce wristband code risksTo put this in manufacturing terms, imagine how you might have to change your process if your product...
Remote Control Error Proofing
Here's another example of "Everyday Error Proofing' courtesy of the new cable box from my cable company (part of the federally mandated transition to...
New 5S Store Offerings
There are some new offerings from our sponsor, The 5S Store (www.5sstore.com). I've ordered items from them and am happy to report that...
My Stack of Books: Raw Material and WIP
I love books. I'd also love to have more time to read books, or finish books. People often ask me what I'm...
Seth Godin Got "Kanban" Wrong
Seth's Blog: In praise of a blank page
I don't expect "lean expertise" from marketing blogger Seth Godin (it's nice he often mentions lean concepts),...
