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.
Toyota plant nearly done
Toyota plant nearly doneShort update on the truck plant in San Antonio.Please check out my main blog page at www.leanblog.org
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Summary of Henry Ford’s Lean Vision
Henry Ford's Lean Vision
Here is a summary and information about a book that outlines how Henry Ford provided much of the inspiration and knowledge...
Rural China workers "vote by foot"
Xinhua - English
As reported before, labor shortages in China, believe it or not. Or, at the least there are upward pressures on wages...
Lessons from the days of TQM
alan's blog:
The author says:
"Anytime you see a new corporate program being rolled out with posters and coffee mugs and exhortations from the CEO...
Unions ask govt to help firms face up to China
Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk:
"Manufacturers need more government money for training, research and innovation rather than lower labour costs to face up to...
CBC News: 2nd Toyota plant for Canada, president says
CBC News: 2nd Toyota plant for Canada, president says
Click above for the story. I'm glad Toyota and other foreign automakers are growing to...
Novel approach to learning: Teaching business with fiction
BostonHerald.com - Business Coverage:
An article about the new business novel about Lean.
"But don't expect to see ``The Gold Mine'' on the bestseller list....
Toyota is More Selective than Harvard?
63,000 People In San Antonio Seek To Fill 2,000 Jobs At Toyota's New Factory: A few interesting quotes in this article, which begins with:"It...
A Lean Paint Can?
Thinking by Peter Davidson: Dutch Boy Knows What They Are Marketing
This seems like a very smart lean paint can. Think of painting a...
Healthcare Professionals Learning How to Use Value-Stream Mapping
Lean Enterprise Institute
This is a press release/ad from the LEI. It's interesting to see how these tools and concepts are being adopted in...
Another Boeing Quote Saying Price = Cost + Profit??
Airbus, Boeing Eye Production Rate Boosts Across Product Lines - Fly Away Simulation, Flight Simulator #1:I've written about Boeing's impressive cycle time reduction before....
Call for change to avoid medical mistakes in hospitals
KING5.com News for Seattle, Washington KING5 HealthLinkA scary example of how a lack of 5S can literally kill." The mother of four...
