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.
Steelcase to close some plants, cut 600 employees
Detroit Free Press
The article doesn't say directly that Steelcase is cutting jobs "because of" lean manufacturing, but it seems hard not to draw that...
New Lean Book: Andy & Me: Crisis And Transformation On The...
Andy & Me: Crisis And Transformation On The Lean JourneyThis is a new "business novel", ala The Goal. I enjoyed the book and...
"Lean Consumption" — Using technology to make life easier for consumers
Boston.com / Business / TechnologyDr. James Womack and Dr. Daniel Jones have a new book coming out this fall. A preview of that...
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...
