My Visit with the Lean Dentist, Part 3
Click here for Part 1 and Part 2 of the series of posts about my visit to Dr. Sami Bahri, the “World’s First Lean Dentist.” In Part 2, I talked about how the Lean “tool heads” might be disappointed, and…
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Practicing the "Basics of Management"
By Bryan Lund, guest contributor to the Lean Blog: I posted the following question on LinkedIn.com as Mark noted in a previous blog entry: “How important is the past in learning about how to handle the future? Specifically…I think that…
The Rollercoaster of Lean Transformations: Wiremold’s Post-Acquisition Journey, with Bob Emiliani
Listen: LeanBlog Podcast #30 is an interview with Bob Emiliani, author of the books Better Thinking, Better Results, and Real Lean: Understanding the Lean Management System (Volume One) (and Volume Two). Bob had a long career at United Technologies, Pratt &…
The wanderings of a lean hitchhiker
The reason Andy Carlino and I named our book The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean: Lessons from the Road is that we felt that not only was a company to go on a lean journey that never ends, but also the…
LeanBlog Contest: Visual Management (Win an iPod Nano!)
Sponsored by American-LEDgible, Inc. It’s time for another LeanBlog Contest! Update: Deadline is May 18 Submit your Visual Management stories and get a chance to win a Black 8 Gig Apple iPod Nano, a $249 value, courtesy of our sponsor…
More Notes on the Business Week Article
Toyota: A Carmaker Wired to Win: Dan Markovitz beat me to the punch, but I also wanted to comment on some things in the article: The article says: “Visit any Toyota plant in Japan, and it’s easy to grin at…
More Lean Q&A
Here is the final installment of the lean Q&A, but if you have more questions, please feel free to comment here and I’ll post the best attempt at answers here. Here was lean Q&A batch one and batch two. Q:…
Lean for High Takt Times
Mark’s Note: After some of my adventures in blogging about lean in aerospace, I got a volunteer to add some perspectives from that industry. Thanks to Andy for joining up and I look forward to his contributions. Click on his…
A Realistic Lean Challenge
Sturm, Ruger to offer buyouts I’ve been getting entries in the “Lean Challenge” contest and read about this challenge online. We all talk about how lean shouldn’t drive layoffs. But what happens when you free up head count and can’t…
Reducing Waste and Improving Efficiency in Manufacturing: Insights from Jamie Flinchbaugh
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…
Welcome to the Blog Bandwagon
Productivity Press Lean Insider Another new addition to the online lean world — a blog at Productivity Press. It’s written by Ralph Bernstein, the former editor of the Lean Manufacturing Advisor newsletter. Here is a story they posted about an…
Norm Bodek on the Power of Kaizen: Unlocking Employee Creativity and Continuous Improvement – LeanBlog Podcast #1
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…
