All posts from Mark Graban’s LeanBlog.org, including podcasts, announcements, articles, and more.
Here is LeanBlog Podcast #5, with a new guest: Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean. In this Podcast, we talk about the “language of waste” and how waste reduction is a critical tool in the implementation of lean…
After the Thursday night NFL game, I wrote about the poor system design and the need for process improvement with the instant replay system. How could the officials NOT be looking for the replay flag, thrown by the coach? Well,…
IndustryWeek : Driving Incremental Value Through Lean Six Sigma GE did so much to help popularize Six Sigma, will they do the same for Lean? As a lean guy, I hope GE is incredibly successful with their lean efforts –…
by Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean I just got my copy of Hoshin Kanri for the Lean Enterprise. Of course, I did have the chance to read a review copy, and offered up my endorsement for…
DenverPost.com – United debuts new jet bridge I’ve always wondered why more airlines didn’t board/de-plane from the front AND back of the plane. I guess it’s a question of investing in the new jet bridges. It seems like an easy…
Microsoft: Lead and sustain lean manufacturing transformations enterprise-wide I was surprised to see last week that the blog is getting a lot of traffic from a Microsoft webpage. Turns out, it’s a page about lean. So how does Microsoft answer…
After Saban’s late flag, Steelers roll Did you see the Steelers/Dolphins game last night? It probably didn’t impact the final score, but there was a long pass to the Steelers TE Heath Miller, 80-some yards, he scored a TD, but…
Are lean and flexible equivalent terms? I’ve been seeing more and more about flexibility and hearing the term used interchangeably with lean. Flexibility, mainly referring to capital intensive equipment and plants continues to be a major theme in the plans…
Lean Blog: LeanBlog Podcast #3 — Dr. Jeffrey Liker I hope you have listened to the LeanBlog Podcasts. I’m surprised that they haven’t generated more comments and questions from listeners. In my third Podcast, the first one with Jeff Liker,…
I might have been the last one in the working world to try reading the book “Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life.” My dad gave me a copy…
There are certain things we learn while we grow up that are unquestioned – in fact, unquestionable. There are 26 letters in the alphabet, 5 x 5 = 25, there are 4 sides in a square, and there are 9…
Concrete Heads offer real world lean practice – Manufacturing Computer Solutions news article I know the British sense of humor is different…. and I get the reference to the term…. but I’m not sure if it’s smart for a group…
