All posts from Mark Graban’s LeanBlog.org, including podcasts, announcements, articles, and more.
CNN sorry for Bush speech gaffe | Entertainment | Entertainment News | Reuters.com Here is a funny one I coudn’t help mentioning: CNN apologized Tuesday after an open mike transmitted an anchor’s bathroom conversation with another woman live over the…
By Tom Bloomer, Austin TX (Mark’s note: This is a submission from a blog reader, thought I would try an experiment here) For any organization to function efficiently and to continue to show optimum growth, the organization must implement and…
We will be bringing a new class around the country, at least to 4 cities. If you have learned that a lean transformation strategy takes more than a little training and kaizen, you may want to see The Tactics of…
Society of Manufacturing Engineers Would you like to win a free cycle through the SME/AME/Shingo Lean Certification? Click on the link above. During the promotion, a selected individual will become a featured Lean Certification candidate and embody the attributes of…
It took a while, but here is Part 1 of my interview with Roger Simmermaker, author of the book “How to Buy American.” Roger Simmermaker is the author of “How Americans Can Buy American: The Power of Consumer Patriotism.” He…
As posted by LeanBlog.org founder Mark Graban, there is a new website available that focuses on helping individuals who want to guide their own self-learning, called The Lean Library. It includes a comprehensive list of lean books, book reviews, links…
USATODAY.com – Error in Comair crash fairly common As a frequent flyer, this almost makes me physically sick to think about the systemic problems, the combinations of errors, and the multiple human errors that led to this horrible tragedy. Calling…
Jamie prompted me that we were reaching a milestone on the Lean Blog. This little post here is #1000 since I started this in January 2005. That’s about a rate of two posts per day — articles I’ve linked to,…
My guest for episode three of the Lean Blog Podcast is Dr. Jeffrey Liker, professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan and author of The Toyota Way. Liker has spent decades studying how Toyota actually works,…
When people talk about labor, they often focus on unions, disengaged employees and high wages. But there is a much bigger problem facing manufacturers today – a real skills shortage. Industry Week focused on this topic in a special report…
Lean Blog: Companies Use Lean to Offset Cost Increases I posted last year about an Industry Week article about a company called Esselte. It sounded like a nice success story, a case where they were offsetting lower market prices (that…
Kanban Calculation at Lean Sigma Supply Chain The “Lean Sigma Supply Chain” blog has a post about the multiple variations of kanban formulas, the blogger writes: “How can something so simple have so many variations. No wonder this tool has…
