All posts from Mark Graban’s LeanBlog.org, including podcasts, announcements, articles, and more.
I give many lean overview presentations to healthcare audiences. While I mostly talk about the application of lean concepts to healthcare (problem-solving, improving flow, leveling workloads, reducing waste… pretty universal concepts), I do acknowledge that Lean originated in manufacturing. It…
This post is partly in tribute to Peter and his Little’s Law blogging at shmula.com (it’s not all Little’s Law all the time, however). More on Little’s Law at wikipedia. Or check out the excellent textbook Factory Physics for even…
My dad alerted me to this article from Automotive News. It’s not available free online, I have a pdf copy that I could post or email if you really want to see it (trying to avoid a cease-and-desist from them).…
cbs4boston.com – Pats Install Synthetic Turf At Gillette Stadium I was watching the Bears/Patriots game yesterday and the announcers mentioned that a new artificial turf surface was installed for the Patriots, replacing the old natural grass field that got real…
Here is LeanBlog Podcast #11, once again with Norman Bodek of PCS Press and the author of many books, including Kaikaku: The Power and Magic of Lean. In this Podcast, we discuss a topic posed by a podcast listener, Bruce…
Dr. Monica Tracey of Oakland University’s Pawley Institute and I have published another article on our original research on lean and HR. This one is published in World of Work Journal and a link can be found here for a…
A blog reader from Denmark, Peter, emailed me about a school that is applying lean and “Japanese production philosophies” (no kidding). The original article is linked, but it’s in Danish. The photo is from a second article on the same…
By Luke Van Dongen Next in the blog series on the topic of applying lean tools to university courses is ‘Go & See’, which I personally believe can never be overdone. Getting back to our example from the Operations course…
Learning about Lean Joe Ely is re-starting his blog, now with a focus on his very personal lean journey at work. Should make for interesting reading. I’m glad Joe is sharing the types of details I feel unable to share…
Here is LeanBlog Podcast #10, again with Jamie Flinchbaugh, Founder of and Partner, co-author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean. In this Podcast, we respond to an audio question from blog listener Bruce from Akron OH. The topic is how to…
MICHAEL ROSENBERG: Let’s play 2? The above article talks about how, for all the talk of “computers” selecting the top two Division 1 college football teams for the championship game, most of the inputs to the system (at least two…
No Satisfaction – Toyota – Georgetown – Car Factory Thanks to a blog reader, Dan, for pointing this article out to me. This past week included a celebration of the opening of Toyota’s new factory in San Antonio. But what…
