All posts from Mark Graban’s LeanBlog.org, including podcasts, announcements, articles, and more.
The podcast is now in the iTunes podcast directory, if you search for “leanblog”, “lean manufacturing”, etc.If you have iTunes on your computer, click here for a direct link to listen and/or subscribe. Please check out my main blog page…
Urban Legends Reference Pages: Tapioca Time Bomb This is a true story and a funny one that almost defies belief. Imagine it is 1972 and you are moving a literal boatload of tapioca and some wood on board catches fire.…
Everyone knows by now that you can get glasses “in about an hour.” I read about them recently in a magazine, this was the quote: “…company was founded and flourished because two entrepreneurs discovered a secret… before LensCrafters, buying a…
Getting lean right is more than just ideas. Here’s an article on demand stream mapping that I was actually interviewed for. Don’t know what that is? Well, here’s the crux of the article that I believe gets it wrong: But…
I know that you can say whatever you want in the press, particularly if you’re trying to sell this, but I couldn’t believe I read this: I had a feeling as I went into this that people had reached their…
There are many books that are not at all about lean, but the lessons they contain are very helpful to a lean journey. Here’s one such example: Death by Meeting by Patrick Lencioni While the creativity and storytelling in most…
My travel adventures continued… lack of lean concepts abound. The only highlight in my travel was that former Cowboy great and Heisman Trophy winner Roger Staubach was on my flight. We landed in the K gate area of OHare (American…
In the first-ever Lean Blog Podcast, Mark Graban talks with Norm Bodek about quick and easy Kaizen and how it differs from large, event-based improvement efforts. Bodek explains how simple, employee-led improvements–supported by trust, experimentation, and respect for people–can make…
Society of Manufacturing Engineers -Join I joined SME and received my new member package with the typical membership card etc. (typical of other organizations I belong to or have belonged to — AME, APICS, ASQ). One thing jumped out at…
WSJ.com – In China, 3,500 Test the Waters Of the Pearl River I’ve written before about how polluted China’s rivers are, the cost of unbridled factory growth and an unregulated environment. While you might think the article linked to above…
If you’re reading from the top of the page currently, I guess this is like movie previews before the featured presentation. A few upcoming “events” here at the Lean Blog: Buying American Interview The cycle time has been long, but…
A couple months ago, Mark commented on the unraveling of the mystery of Raytheon’s Swanson’s The Unwritten Rules of Management. This book got incredible press on how many people liked it, including Warren Buffett. As I liked to do, the…
