Maybe “Just in Time” (JIT) Should Be Called “Short Lead… Mark Graban Aug 16, 2022 9 Blog This is the starting point for a blog post that I should expand on... after posting these initial thought!-->…
Rituso Shingo on The Toyota Production System and SMED Mark Graban Apr 12, 2021 0 Interviews Scroll down for show notes, how to subscribe, a full transcript and more My guest for Episode #409!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Podcast #366 — Harry Moser on the COVID-19 Supply Chain Wake-Up Call,… Mark Graban Apr 19, 2020 1 Interviews My guest for Episode #366 is Harry Moser, founder of the Reshoring Initiative. We talk about "reshoring," in!-->…
Covid-19: Don’t Blame Toyota or “Just in Time” for Your Risky… Mark Graban Mar 9, 2020 6 Audio I normally love the public radio program "Marketplace" and have listened to it (on radio or as a podcast) for 15!-->…
A #Lean Guy Visits a Hospital and Medical School in Chongqing, China Mark Graban Sep 14, 2016 3 Blog Continuing my series of blog posts about my July trip to China, today's post is about my first significant!-->!-->!-->…
My Lean Healthcare Trip to China: Transitioning From Beijing to Shanghai Mark Graban Aug 10, 2016 0 Blog Continuing my series of blog posts about my July trip to China, today's post is about the second city I!-->!-->!-->…
Part 3 of Day 1: #Lean Healthcare Trip to China: Visuals, Payment, Management,… Mark Graban Jul 28, 2016 1 Blog Continuing to go through my notes, picking up from my last post... Visuals The presenter said something!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
#Lean Healthcare Trip to China, Day 1, Part 2: Chinese Hospital Presentations in… Mark Graban Jul 25, 2016 0 Blog Continuing from Part 1 of my post about my first day of my first China trip, I'd like to share more about the!-->!-->!-->…
#Lean Healthcare Trip to China, Day 1, Part 1: Familiar Themes at the Beijing… Mark Graban Jul 21, 2016 4 Blog After arriving at the hotel in Beijing at about 8 pm the night before, I participated in a day-long Lean!-->!-->!-->…
My First #Lean Healthcare Visit to China: A Post Mostly About Travel and Food Mark Graban Jul 18, 2016 6 Blog I just returned on Wednesday from my first trip to China to meet with people and give presentations about Lean!-->!-->!-->…
Back from Vacation; Chinese Translation; Champagne Gemba Time Mark Graban Oct 15, 2012 0 Blog I'm back from vacation and, as with any good vacation, I'm trying to get back into the swing of things with work…
Stuff I’m Reading, May 7, 2012: Nurses, Blame, Government, Apple in China Mark Graban May 7, 2012 1 Blog Here are links to some more articles I've read recently that might be of interest on a number of Lean related…
“The speed and flexibility is breathtaking” – But in a good way? Mark Graban Jan 27, 2012 34 Blog There has been a lot of buzz over last Sunday's New York Times article "How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work." It's…
Your Thoughts on Recent Articles about Apple, Foxconn, and China? Mark Graban Jan 26, 2012 Blog This week, I've been reading and listening to a lot of articles about working conditions at the Foxconn facilities…
Steve Jobs as a Model Leader? As a Manufacturing Leader? Mark Graban Jan 11, 2012 9 Blog As I wrote about after his death, I am appreciative of the products and services that Steve Jobs brought to the…
Fox News Channel Understands “Lean” Better than the WSJ Mark Graban May 2, 2011 7 Blog On Friday, there was yet another Wall Street Journal article about Lean (fixating as they always do on the "Just In…
WSJ Wrongly Blames Apple Inventory Problems on “Lean Manufacturing” Mark Graban Jul 15, 2010 12 Blog OK, so I'll admit I had a case of "rabbit ears" when I took the WSJ to task for calling the doomed BP Deepwater…
Ships Passing in the Night – China Builds U.S. Factories Mark Graban May 19, 2010 1 Blog In an era where it was a "no brainer" to move factories to China, chasing cheap labor, the Lean world…