All posts from Mark Graban’s LeanBlog.org, including podcasts, announcements, articles, and more.
With election day tomorrow (find your voting location here), I’m reminded of a radio ad I heard a while back and never blogged about. The ad promoted some website where you could record a 30 second message to be sent…
Podcast Episode #52 is a discussion with a good friend (and sometimes contributor) to the Lean Blog, Dan Markovitz, founder and President of Markovitz Consulting. Markovitz Consulting is a corporate efficiency-training firm specializing in the application of Lean manufacturing principles…
Singletary dropped pants at halftime – SF Gate Funny story here about new 49ers coach, Mike Singletary, during halftime of his first game. When his team hit the Candlestick Park locker room at halftime trailing the Seahawks 20-3, Singletary called…
On this blog, there have been several discussions and posts about jobs going overseas, not so much from a protectionist and politics standpoint, but more about the impact on your value stream. Is it shortsighted? Do our cost systems tell…
Election Day in the U.S. is next Tuesday. I’ve already voted, as you can do in Texas (but you can’t vote “often”). I guess I helped “level load” the demand for voting booth space on the 4th, so you’re welcome,…
In my travels, I see a lot of what you might call “superficial Lean,” where an organization has tried to implement a Lean tool. I won’t go as far as to call it “L.A.M.E.” (Lean as Misguidedly Executed) because the…
The Dark Report presents a new audio conference on November 13, 2008… For those of you in hospital labs (not sure what percentage of my readership falls into that category), you might be interested in the following upcoming audio conference…
The Weekend Interview – WSJ.com Good interview with the CEO of FedEx, Fred Smith. If you click on the link above, be warned there’s some political discussion (which I know many of you might be sick of at this point).…
Hospital aims for shorter wait times | Otago Daily Times Online Here’s today’s positive blog post. For cynicism and negativity on a different Lean topic from yesterday afternoon, scroll down or click here. Be warned, the article I blogged about…
Neatness Counts at Kyocera and at Others in the 5S Club – WSJ.com I’m going to violate a rule I have to try not to blog when I’m frustrated or angry. Here goes… Today’s front page (argh, front page) article…
In Age of Impatience, Cutting PC Start Time – NYTimes.com Honestly — how many of us just sat and stared at our PC when it booted up this morning? According to the NY Times, many of us do. It is…
Bold Lentil: Lean Blogging: Comments as Muda? The blog I’ve linked to above posed a theory that you could apply “Lean Manufacturing” to the practice of blogging. I’d have to think about that. I do try to “level load” my…
