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 From The Get-Go (Case Study)
Feature - Lean From The Get-Go - 07/05
Note how, in this case study, the company owners decided lean was going to be their primary...
Click to Support Hurricane Relief
Sorry, not much in the mood for blogging this week, watching the tragedy unfold on TV.Catholic Relief ServicesRed CrossUnited WayDon't get ripped off (CNN...
Upstream Waste Reduction Hurts a Food Bank?
Learning about Lean
Interesting story here on Joe Ely's lean blog... traditional supply/demand mismatch and waste in baking has typically led to "day old" product...
Pelion Systems Targets Automotive Industry With Launch of Pelion Automotive MPO
Press Release:It's pretty tough to cut through the buzzwords to figure out what this "lean software" does."It creates a consistent view of demand for...
TDO Working on Lean Initiative for Health-Care Sector
Press Release:Here is a nice summary of some lean healthcare/hospital efforts under way in New York:"The hospitals applied lean principles in numerous areas, he...
Surgeons Remove Wrong Kidney
7Online.com: Investigation on After Surgical Error
A scary example of the type of medical mistake that happens far too often. I hope that "augmenting...
Toyota Asks "What is Six Sigma?"
Six Sigma Stigma (PDF)
Here's an article from Fast Company magazine. The author visited Toyota in Japan and asked a somewhat uninformed question:
Eager to show we...
Strong Supervision: The Key to Long-term Kaizen
Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing thoughts | Gemba Panta Rei
This is a great article by Jon Miller from the Panta Rei lean blog.
Here is a...
Boeing Workers Blame Lean for Shopfloor Cuts
Press-Telegram - News:
It sounds like a compelling argument from the union.
"Jacki Harris, president of United Aerospace Workers Local 148, said she agrees with...
Lean Guru Henderson Transforming Imation
St. Paul Pioneer Press | 08/26/2005 | Imation pins hopes on growth:It's no surprise that lean author Bruce Henderson (Lean Transformation) would be using...
New LEI Case Study – Canada Post
Success StoriesGood case study (with pictures) on applying lean thinking to non-manufacturing environments. The Canada Post team focused on flow, even going so far...
Chasing Cheap Labor in IT
siliconindia.com: "Quoting a new report from market research firm Gartner, Inc. CNN says that a labor crunch and rising wages could erode as much...
