All posts from Mark Graban’s LeanBlog.org, including podcasts, announcements, articles, and more.
Starbucks Corp. F4Q09 (Qtr. End 09/27/09) Earnings Call Transcript — Seeking Alpha Following up on Starbucks and their use of Lean methods in their stores, CEO Howard Schultz had this to say about Lean in their investor conference call: “Behind…
Lean… and saving green – Materials Management in Healthcare Mag Here’s an article in a healthcare trade publication that features the Lean improvements from two hospitals: LeBonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis (featured in my book, Lean Hospitals, and Kingston General…
In a LinkedIn Group discussion, a member posted this question: “In the book TPS Taiichi Ohno gives in chapter 5 praises to Henry Ford. He refers to Henry Ford his book Today and Tomorrow, written in 1926. Henry Ford was…
Effective Preventive Care Crucial : NPR Lean thinkers, especially in manufacturing, know about TPM, aka Total Productive Maintenance. It becomes intuitive to a lean thinker that taking care of machines and equipment saves money in the long run. TPM leads…
Frank and Lillian Gilbreth: scientific management in the operating room I sprung $20 for this healthcare journal article about the Gilbreths, thought I’d share a few historical tidbits here. I already knew that Frank Gilbreth was credited with the idea…
If Health Care Is Going to Change, Dr. Brent James’s Ideas Will Change It – NYTimes.com About 10 people sent me this article via the blog or Twitter, so thanks for that. Don’t worry about duplication if you see stuff…
I recently ran into David Meier, co-author of the outstanding books The Toyota Way Fieldbook and Toyota Talent. He was talking about kaizen events and he made a few interesting points from his time at Toyota: 1) He was only…
Many thanks to the staff of Barnes-Jewish Hospital for providing this for publication. You might also be interested in my podcast with Dr. David Jaques from the same hospital. By: Rebekah Johnson, BS, David Jaques, MD, and Colleen Becker, MSN,…
Leanies of the World, Unite! TL;DR: Not everything labeled “Lean” is truly Lean–many worker complaints stem from L.A.M.E. (Lean As Misguidedly Executed), not the Toyota Production System itself. Real Lean is a management philosophy built on respect for people, problem…
telegraphjournal.com – Lean process, big results I’ll write more on this topic of unions and Lean tomorrow, but I wanted to share this story from Canada. The New Brunswick provincial health system is going to start working with the Lean…
Article: How Toyota Defies Gravity While researching an upcoming presentation, I found this FORTUNE article from 1997. I was looking for a reference to Toyota letting its competitors (yes, Ford, GM, and Chrysler) tour its factories. Why Would Toyota Let…
Womack and Jones video on spread – Blog – ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value From John Toussaint’s blog, this video starts with a question about (I’m paraphrasing) how do you balance continuous innovation (in how “Lean” works in a hospital)…
