Tag: Andon

Announcement: Dr. Greg Jacobson and I are doing a new webinar for KaiNexus on "More Leadership Behaviors That Create a Culture of Continuous Improvement'"...

I travel a lot and, thanks to my work, I'm pretty well attuned to the idea of not blaming individuals for systemic problems in...

If you clicked on my intentionally attention grabbing headline (or what might be a parody of those)... no, Toyota isn't killing their famed and...

In November 2012, I had the opportunity to visit Japan for the first time as part of a Lean healthcare study mission. It was...

This week starts the celebration of International Nurses Week, which leads up to Nurses Day on May 12, which is the birthday of the...

Since the healthcare improvement work I do is apolitical and non-partisan, I'm generally not one to butt into the political affairs of Canada or...

As we move into the Labor Day weekend, I need to close some browser tabs that are full of things that I was maybe...

A Toyota employee, pictured at left, pulls an andon cord in a video shared by Toyota UK:  Factory to Forecourt - Introduction to the...

Yesterday, I was able to visit Toyota City as part of the Kaizen Institute tour I am a part of. Now, we weren't able...

I know many of you aren't into the whole Twitter thing, but I'm using my account (@MarkGraban) to share some photos and small batches...

In the news yesterday, a General Motors recall over what could be just one isolated steering wheel problem in an Ohio-built Chevrolet (don't call...

The BBC highlights lean practices and provides a stunning contrast between Toyota and Ford in this article: BBC NEWS | Business | The triumph of...