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Dan Markovitz 25 posts 3 comments

Dan Markovitz is president of Markovitz Consulting, a firm that radically improves operational speed and efficiency by applying lean concepts to knowledge work.

He is a faculty member at the Lean Enterprise Institute and teaches at the Stanford University Continuing Studies Program. He also lectures on A3 thinking at the Ohio State University’s Fisher School of Business.

Dan is a frequent speaker and presenter at conferences, and has consulted to organizations as diverse as Camelbak, Clif Bar, Abbott Vascular, WL Gore & Associates, Intel, the City of Menlo Park, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

His book, A Factory of One, was honored with a Shingo Research Award in 2013.

Dan has also published articles in the Harvard Business Review blog, Quality Progress, Industry Week magazine, Reliable Plant magazine, and Management Services Journal, among other magazines. All of these articles are available for download on the Resources page.

Earlier in his career, he held management positions in product marketing at Sierra Designs, Adidas, CNET and Asics Tiger, where he worked in sales, product marketing, and product development. He also has experience as an entrepreneur, having founded his own skateboarding footwear company.

Dan lived in Japan for four years and is fluent in Japanese. He holds a BA from Wesleyan University and an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Guest Post: Reports of Kaizen’s Death are Greatly Exaggerated

Dan Markovitz Oct 1, 2012 1
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Mark's note: Today's vacation post is from my good friend Dan Markovitz, who normally blogs here.  Listen to my…

Guest Post: You Don’t Have to be Lean to be Good

Dan Markovitz Jun 29, 2010 1
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Mark's note: Today's post is from a regular guest blogger and a friend of mine, Dan Markovitz - his regular blog…

Guest Post: A3 = “Drive”

Dan Markovitz Jan 26, 2010 4
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Dan Pink's new book, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, has been getting a lot of press recently,…

Reducing Interruptions – And Improving Patient Safety

Dan Markovitz Oct 29, 2009 3
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by Dan Markovitz Long-time readers of this blog (and my own) know that I focus on bringing lean techniques to…

UPS: Disrespect for People?

Dan Markovitz Oct 23, 2009 11
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by Dan Markovitz I took this picture of a UPS truck recently in NYC. (The orange signs say "SAFETY.") At first I…

Best Buy Gets It

Dan Markovitz Mar 20, 2009 6
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by Dan MarkovitzBest Buy is generally not talked about as an exemplar of lean. (It's best known for its Results…

Management "Moonshots." Really?

Dan Markovitz Mar 16, 2009 2
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by Dan MarkovitzGary Hamel's Management 2.0 blog at WSJ.com features his ideas for "Management Moonshots" -- 25…

Toyota Keeps its Eyes on the Customer

Dan Markovitz Jan 26, 2009 0
by Dan MarkovitzIn a refreshing change of pace for the auto industry, Akio Toyoda, who was just named as the new…

This is what $1 billion (and $25 million a year) gets you.

Dan Markovitz May 24, 2008 1
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by Dan MarkovitzThe New York subway system has invested nearly $1 billion investment since the early 1990s -- and…

Respect for People: US Army Edition

Dan Markovitz Feb 23, 2008 4
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strategy+business, the e-magazine from Booz, Allen & Hamilton, reports how the US Army is changing the way that…

Buying a bigger pair of pants will NOT solve your weight problem.

Dan Markovitz Dec 12, 2007 4
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by Dan MarkovitzWhew! Just in case you panicked at the thought of not having access to email on your upcoming…

Maybe a little hansei would be in order.

Dan Markovitz Nov 1, 2007 0
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by Dan MarkovitzWithout realizing it, James B. Stewart, the SmartMoney columnist for the Wall Street Journal,…

Lean Transport: Buses vs. Light Rail

Dan Markovitz Oct 16, 2007 7
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By Dan MarkovitzMark posted yesterday about the relative leanness of light rail vs. buses. He pointed out thata…

Booz Gets Lean (without knowing it)

Dan Markovitz Sep 27, 2007 0
by Dan MarkovitzThe latest issue of Strategy+Business, Booz Allen Hamilton's business journal, features an article…

What About The Other Car Makers?

Dan Markovitz Jul 24, 2007 0
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by Dan MarkovitzThis blog has commented (here and here) on the WSJ's rush to predict the folly of just-in-time…

The Normalcy Of Waste

Dan Markovitz May 23, 2007 4
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By Dan MarkovitzLast week the Wall Street Journal interviewed George David, the CEO of United Technologies. Though…

Clarifying Lean vs. Frugal

Dan Markovitz Apr 27, 2007 2
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By Dan MarkovitzThere's been some confusion over my recent post criticizing the Business Week article on Toyota's…

Lean Is Not "Frugal." Lean Is "Value."

Dan Markovitz Apr 25, 2007 3
By Dan MarkovitzBusinessWeek online joined the rest of the media in noting that Toyota just passed GM as the global…
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