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.
You Need Quantity AND Quality
Mishandling Has Spiked Since Liquid Ban Reduced Carry-Ons - washingtonpost.comWith the new security rules in August, the number of checked bags increased suddenly (including...
Consumer Error Proofing
I had to buy a new router for home (a different quality discussion about why my old one quit working after a year).I noticed...
Happy Birthday to the Assembly Line
Henry Ford Changes the WorldI can't find the date online, but XM Radio's "This Day in History" feature claimed that today, October 7, in...
Being lean not about being mean
The ChronicleHerald.caFinally, the right combination of the words "lean" and "mean" in a headline. Lean is NOT mean.Good overview of lean and Toyota...
Interesting Lean Position Posting in Boston
With permission from the recruiter, posting this as a free service. As a blog reader, does it add value to see a job...
Lean Pizza?
I was able to have dinner at the famous Pizzeria Uno in Chicago on Friday. It had been too long since I've had really...
Beyond Lean, Again?
Landmark Study Investigates Root Causes of Profitability Gap Among North American Automotive ManufacturersHere is a Harbour Report study which claims the key to American...
Surgical Shadowboarding
A "shadowboard" is a common method in the Toyota Production System. It is a "5S" method where an outline or solid "shadow" is...
The Proper Use of Metrics
I was able to tour a hospital laboratory that had already gone through the lean process.One metric was a daily tally of "sticks per...
LEI Survey on Lean Challenges
lean enterprise institute survey (Google cache HTML)Click here for Word Doc versionI don't recall seeing this survey last year and the 2006 survey is...
"Lean Is Harmony"
Got Boondoggle?: Lean Manufacturing EpiphanyGreat post from Mike about his Japan tour, including this gem:My lean manufacturing epiphany is quite simple, LEAN IS HARMONY....
"Lookalike" Drug Packaging
Drug makers must think about different packaging | IndyStar.comHere's a picture of the two drugs that were mixed up when the three babies were...
