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.
Do you tolerate the waste?
MRO Today:I really like the way this is put in the column:- Do you rationalize away the reasons for waste in your practices?- Do...
Brunswick to Close Factory
L.A. TimesHere's a sad update on an earlier story about Brunswick. They decided to move bowling ball production to Mexico, closing the factory...
Update on Duke Medical Mistake Case
Eyewitness News 11.com: Duke Awaits Analysis in Instrument Probe:It's lean healthcare day on the blog, I guess. This is an update to a...
Toyota’s efficiencies can benefit American health care
David K. Wessner, President and chief executive officer of Park Nicollet Health Services.Here is a column from the leader of a Minnesota non-profit hospital,...
Lean Thinking Poster at a Chinese Airplane Factory
KRT Wire | 06/14/2005 :
Above is an article that talks about Boeing and Airbus moving airplane production into China.
This item struck me as very...
Stop the (end-of-quarter) Madness!!!
www.focusedperformance.comAh, end of quarter time. Predictable craziness that happens four times a year. How are your lean efforts impacted by end of quarter? Does...
Standard Work from the World of Nascar
WSJ.com - Requires Subscription:I love using Nascar examples for lean training -- quick changeover (external setup and pit stops), visual controls (the gauges on...
Another Advantage for China Manufacturers
USATODAY.com - How to stop a thief China
This editorial raises the issue that China not only has cheaper labor costs, but, thanks to rampant...
Are We " Good Enough" in Manufacturing?
Seth Godin : Seth's Blog: The seduction of "good enough"Seth Godin is a fantastic writer on marketing, product development, and innovative ideas. This...
A Very Misguided Article on Toyota
Tri-County Times - Columnists - 05/31/2005 - If I were king 5/26/05It's fitting that this columnist (from north of Detroit) doesn't show his face...
In Friedman’s flat new world, the sky’s the limit
ContraCostaTimes.com | 06/12/2005Thomas Friedman's book "The World Is Flat" is great reading for anyone looking at issues of globalization. This article is nice...
Boeing Doesn’t Know That "Profit = Price – Cost" ?
Arizona Republic:For the thousandth time, the Toyota principle is that prices are set by the market, therefore Profit = Price - Cost. The old...
