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.
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...
Book Review – The paradox of Henry Ford
FT.com / Home UK - The paradox of Henry FordFrom yesterday's paper -- has anyone read this one yet?Another review inadvertantly mentions of the...
Lean Knife Making
HeraldNet: Leaning on a role model:
Another lean transformation snapshot story:
"Three years ago, Buck Knives was manufacturing the old way, using long, specialized assembly...
Toyota Production System Steers JAL Group Cargo Operations at Narita
news - Toyota Production System Steers JAL Group Cargo Operations at Narita:
Here is a nice adaptation of lean and TPS to a non-manufacturing...
Is Cessna Being Lean?
Wichita Eagle | 08/21/2005 | Cessna works to streamline supply chain, reduce costsNow, this is just a single article, and reporters often misunderstand things...
Article about Delphi and Lean
Kokomo Tribune Online:
"Guggina said Delphi implemented lean manufacturing in the early 1990s. The company's standardized approach is now known as the Delphi Manufacturing...
Make way for megaships — Bigger Batches!
Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | BusinessWhen reading this article, I kept thinking about the trend toward bigger batches with shipping...
No Experience Required?
Evolving Excellence -- Inbreeding is killing 'em
Here is a good post from the Superfactory Evolving Excellence Blog. Is the auto industry worse than...
Energy prices pose dangers to manufacturing sector
Reuters Business Channel | Reuters.com:
Another example on the theme of costs and prices
"International competition may limit manufacturing companies' ability to pass on higher...
Local firms are squeezed by gas prices
SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Metro -- San Diego: This story is from California, but I've also seen it in the local news. I've...
Toyota on Supplier Relations, An Illustration of Many Toyota Way Principles
EV World: The World of Electric, Plug-in Hybrid, Fuel Cell and Alternative Fuel Vehicles:This article features Jim Press, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. President...
