All posts from Mark Graban’s LeanBlog.org, including podcasts, announcements, articles, and more.
Here is a YouTube video done by the Lean Enterprise Institute with one of my favorite people in the Lean world, Sami Bahri, D.D.S., the “World’s First Lean Dentist” from Jacksonville, FL. The questions in the video include: Why did…
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…
