All posts from Mark Graban’s LeanBlog.org, including podcasts, announcements, articles, and more.
Here’s a mini Lean carnival of some good posts from other blogs about Lean: Got Boondoggle? Lost in Translation Great story from Mike about someone going to the “Gumbo” (plus one other Lean buzzword butchered, funny stuff). Good lesson about…
Dell, in Shift, Will Offer PCs at Wal-Mart – New York Times I recently wrote about Dell’s move away from strict adherence to the direct selling model (and Mark Spearman talked about the idea and how Dell shot him down…
By Dan Markovitz Last week the Wall Street Journal interviewed George David, the CEO of United Technologies. Though the conversation didn’t address his views on lean, he decries all forms of waste: You can’t walk through life with a trained…
Food Banks Go Hungry – WSJ.com ($$) This is something I blogged about in August 2005 (with a link then to Joe Ely’s blog), now the WSJ had an article yesterday. Nationwide, food banks — clearinghouses that distribute food donations…
Factory Physics is one of the most influential operations management frameworks ever written–and in this conversation, co-author Dr. Mark Spearman explains why it still matters. Listen to the Episode: For Episode #25, I’m pleased to have Dr. Mark Spearman, Founder…
I’m happy to announce a winner in the LeanBlog Contest that was sponsored by American LED-gible, Inc (www.ledgible.com). I had three outstanding entries, so it was a tough decision, but the winner is Andrea, who submitted an example from a…
In Bid for Better Care, Surgery With a Warranty – New York Times This outstanding NY Times article isn’t about “Lean” per se (they don’t call it out by name), but you can definitely see elements of Lean Thinking abound.…
Here’s a follow up to my earlier post on 5S not being about neatness (or for neatness’ sake). A reader submitted this anonymous comment that’s worth highlighting: Our plant has started a 5S program that is very counter productive. Tools…
Random thought for the week: You always hear “we’re not Toyota, we don’t build cars, etc. etc.” in context of making excuses for not implementing Lean, since: Lean comes from Toyota (which earlier inspiration from Ford, TWI, etc.) It’s obviously…
Boston Consulting Group Study It took a major strategy firm and some “simulations” to convince some folks that transporting manufactured goods from China can be slow and risky. Imagine that! Congestion at North America’s West Coast ports and continuing capacity…
Kevin Meyer, in our Podcast interview, mentioned his upcoming moderation of a panel at the Manufacturing Business Conference at Northwestern’s Kellogg School. Now, Kevin has two outstanding posts on his blog summarizing his experience there, talking about offshoring, China, and…
Following up my earlier post about instructions for scooping ice cream, and key points, a blog reader , Bryan Lund submitted this commentary. Click here to download a Word doc version of the “Job Breakdown Sheet” that he created for…
