All posts from Mark Graban’s LeanBlog.org, including podcasts, announcements, articles, and more.
www.mistakeproofing.com I love this website. There are 30+ examples of every day errorproofing. I wish my bank’s ATM had the error proofing function built in to the example shown. I drove off without my ATM card the other day… as…
Forbes.com: The lead of this story reads: “An influenza virus that caused the deaths of more than 1 million people in 1957 was mistakenly sent to thousands of laboratories around the world during the past six months, health officials confirmed…
WSJ.com – Coffee on the Double (registration required, but this link might work) From Today’s Wall St. Journal, the lean parallels are hard to miss, although it’s presented in terms of “efficiency” experts. The only thing I would question in…
Superfactory Blog Here is another blog that features articles, including articles contributed right to the blog by Norman Bodek. Please check out my main blog page at www.leanblog.org The RSS feed content you are reading is copyrighted by the author,…
Blackerby Associates Here is a piece from Phil Blackerby, of Blackerby Associates that details the pro’s (labor rates) and the con’s (too many to list here) of moving production operations overseas. Have you seen your company make a decision like…
David Hendricks Column A column that summarizes a San Antonio visit by Masaaki Imai. The talk was prompted by the upcoming Toyota assembly plant there. The article also has information about the new plant and links to recent articles about…
Amazon.com: Books Speaking of Toyota Way (see below), I just noticed on amazon that the “Fieldbook” should be coming out in September. Please check out my main blog page at www.leanblog.org The RSS feed content you are reading is copyrighted…
Quality Digest Magazine Many lean practictioners have read The Toyota Way, Jeffrey Liker’s book on the management system and management principles of Toyota. How many of us see the implementation of tools (like 5S or kanban) without recognizing the need…
Masaaki Imai interview! Masaaki Imai (the author of the book “Kaizen”) comments on the need to convert from batch to JIT and China ‘productivity’ among other topics. Please check out my main blog page at www.leanblog.org The RSS feed content…
Strategos, Inc. — Quarterman Lee I have been receiving the excellent email newsletter from Quarterman Lee for a while now, always enlightening about lean manufacturing tools, concepts, and cultural aspects. There are many useful articles and features on his website.…
Click for Article Another interesting example of “lean health care”. I’ve had a chance to take a tour with the lean process improvement team at Osborn Medical Center here in Scottsdale, AZ. It’s amazing to see lean and Toyota concepts…
Click for Article Just a short while after Jim Womack’s “Lean Consumption” article came out, here’s a real life example of Toyota doing lean auto service in India. They say they are applying kaizen techniques and reducing non-value added processes…
