Mark Graban

Mark Graban
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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 Healthcare Article in Harvard Business Review

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Fixing Healthcare From The Inside, Today Available through HBS... this is written by Steven J. Spear, a former Harvard professor who has written about Toyota...

Workers Trigger Outage By Connecting Wrong Wires

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NBC 4 - News - DWP: Workers Trigger Outage By Connecting Wrong Wires A few thoughts come to mind reading about this. First off,...

Manufacturer Finds More Than Vacuums At Stake in Recovery

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WSJ.com (requires subscription) (link to a similar free article) It's tough to avoid the ads for Oreck vacuum cleaners on cable news. After their corporate...

Keeping high-tech Valley jobs with Lean and Six Sigma

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East Valley Tribune | Daily Arizona news for Chandler, Gilbert, Tempe, Mesa, Scottsdale It's not often we read about manufacturing work coming back from Asia...

Toyota Computer Makes You Watch the Road

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Article Interesting concept, although I'm sure it would be a bit annoying as a driver. I can't imagine people accepting these, even if "not paying...

Curious Cat Deming Management Thoughts

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Curious Cat Deming Management Thoughts by John Hunter - Dr. W. Edwards Deming Here is a nice summary of W. Edwards Deming resources. Although...

If You Can Make It Here …

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If You Can Make It Here ... - New York Times:Here is a surprisingly positive article on American manufacturing, including Harley. The article points...

Lean From The Get-Go (Case Study)

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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

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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?

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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

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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

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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...
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