Mark Graban
Mark Graban is an internationally-recognized consultant, author, and professional speaker, and podcaster with experience in healthcare, manufacturing, and startups.
Mark's new book is The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation.
He is also the author of Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More, the Shingo Award-winning books Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, and the anthology Practicing Lean.
Mark is also a Senior Advisor to the technology company KaiNexus.
Fighting rivals with efficiency
JS Online Nice case studies of older midwestern companies fighting Chinese competition with lean manufacturing, in some cases bringing work back from overseas....
‘India may have to face threat from Russian firms’
The Hindu Business LineInteresting to read that China is supposed spending time and effort on lean training. I assumed that China factories were...
“Standard Work” for LeanBlog.org
OK, so this isn't strictly a standard work document, but this is an overview of the Lean Blog. I did update it on 7/19/05,...
The father of Kaizen, Masaaki Imai, speaks!
Masaaki Imai interview!
Masaaki Imai comments on the need to convert from batch to JIT and China 'productivity', among other topics.
One highlight:
"Kaizen is the means...
Boeing Reduces 737 Airplane’s Final-Assembly Time by 50 Percent
Press Release
Looks like great work by the Boeing 737 team!
"We're not going to stop at a 50 percent reduction, but improving our production system...
Toyota’s Fujio Cho: Act. Improve. Repeat.
Business 2.0 - Magazine Article Improve.
This was in a magazine that hit my mailbox yesterday, an interview with Toyota's CEO. The company was named...
Budget-cutters take aim at MEP
(United Press International):
"'The initial budget came back from OMB ... at zero."
The Manufacturing Extension Partnership is being threatened with budget cuts again (almost...
Another Mitsubishi Bailout?
The New York Times > Business > Decline in Sales Sends Mitsubishi Motors on a Search for Financing
A look into Japan's approach to company...
Records show Dell sought no taxes for new plant for 20...
KLTV 7 Tyler-Longview-Jacksonville, TX:
Another company looking for handouts. I found it funny that the Dell VP would say "I'm worried for our country" if...
Do Manufacturers Need Federal Help?
The New York Times
J.T. Battenberg, CEO of Delphi, is looking for federal handouts for health care, R&D, etc. How much money can we generate...
Trade deficit likely to pass $600 billion
The Washington Times: Business - January 13, 2005
"The biggest surprise in yesterday's deficit report from the Commerce Department was a 2.3 percent drop...
Two articles on Losing Jobs to China
Article 1: Report: U.S. lost 1.5M jobs to China from 1989-2003 - Jan. 11, 2005
Article 2: Taipei Times - archives
Two articles today...
