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.
How Toyota Used a Pull System in a NUMMI Gift Shop
NUMMI Tour Tale #1: Why Fix the Escalator?NUMMI Tour Tale #2: The Power of Reynolds WrapNUMMI Tour Tale #3: The Power of Why
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Why Toyota Explains “Why”: A NUMMI Lesson in Respect for People
NUMMI Tour Tale #1: Why Fix the Escalator?NUMMI Tour Tale #2: The Power of Reynolds Wrap
I think, by now, that Toyota is pretty famous...
Detroit Free Press Headline Writer Disagrees with Consumer Reports, Apparently
Article Link --> "Asian vehicles rank low in survey"Or do they? You can't accuse the media for being biased toward Toyota in this case....
10,000 Visitors!
The blog has now had 10,000 visitors since the launch in March. October is the 8th straight month of increasing visits. That's definitely...
How a Simple Kaizen Idea at NUMMI Saved Hours of Work
NUMMI Tour Tale #1: Why Fix the Escalator?
The NUMMI tour guide told an interesting kaizen story as we went past the body weld area....
Toyota "Bucks Trend" by NOT Outsourcing
Auto WeekThis article eventually reaches the conclusion I jumped to early on. Of course Toyota doesn't outsource as much as the other automakers. Toyota's...
Why Toyota Didn’t Fix an Escalator: A NUMMI Lesson in Lean...
I really enjoyed my tour of the NUMMI plant last Friday. I'll post my summary thoughts and impressions from the tour, but I wanted...
UK Soaps ‘deter teenagers from factory work’
Guardian Unlimited Money | Work | So this is a problem in the UK? The U.S. has enough factors deterring kids from engineering and...
NUMMI opens new training facility at plant
Milpitas Post - LocalI saw the plant on Friday, it was pretty cool. Some excerpts from my visit notes are below, I should be...
Evolving Excellence Blog
Evolving Excellence
I've linked to them before, but there are a couple of excellent posts on the Superfactory Evolving Excellence Blog. Check them out!
Thanks...
Bad Visual Controls at Baggage Claim
This is at the Terminal B baggage claim at DFW airport. There are three lights. And two signs. You tell me,...
Touring NUMMI on Friday
I'm getting a chance to tour the NUMMI plant in Fremont CA, the joint venture between Toyota and General Motors. I'm very excited...
