U.S. Companies Competing with China Using Lean Mark Graban Dec 19, 2009 4 Blog U.S. industry going lean to compete with China | Reuters Yesterday, I recorded a podcast with Jim D'Addario, CEO…
Lean is a Rumor, in China? Mark Graban Aug 14, 2008 5 Blog IndustryWeek : Eye On China: Interesting story here in IndustryWeek, generally talking about the state of…
Lean Can Help Fight High Transport Costs Mark Graban Jun 13, 2008 3 Blog Stung by Soaring Transport Costs, Factories Bring Jobs Home Again - WSJ.comLean thinkers have long advocated the…
A Lean Guy Reads the Financial Times Mark Graban Jun 4, 2008 2 Blog I've often done posts titled "A Lean Guy Reads the WSJ" -- I would create a link to them, but I'm currently…
The Solution is Automation? Mark Graban May 27, 2008 1 Blog The Challenge From China - WSJ.com:The above linked article is pretty wide-ranging, written by a political guy,…
Costs "Forcing" US Firms Out of China Mark Graban Apr 29, 2008 4 Blog AFP: Costs driving US manufacturing firms out of China: AmCham"Forcing" is a strange word to use. It's really a…
A Funny Fake News Story for Earth Day, A Sad Reality Mark Graban Apr 21, 2008 6 Blog Following up on Jason's post last week about China and pollution, here is a video from the fake (but deadpan funny)…
Lean and Green thoughts on China Jason Turgeon Apr 15, 2008 4 Blog By Jason Turgeon: China's everywhere in the news these days. It seems like you can't open a newspaper (or a feed…
A True Story, Best I Can Tell Mark Graban Mar 27, 2008 4 Blog I know this sounds like the stuff of urban legend, but I had someone tell me this story today, someone with no real…
Cleaning Out the LeanBlog Backlog – March 27 Mark Graban Mar 27, 2008 0 Blog Sometimes, I have a collection of news stories or links that I either don't have time to blog about, assume you…
Turn the Tables on Haier Management? Mark Graban Mar 18, 2008 0 Blog Chinese Refrigerator Maker Finds U.S. Chilly - WSJ.com:Here's another case of where your bosses should NOT take…
Womack on China Costs and Lean Healthcare Mark Graban Nov 26, 2007 1 Blog IndustryWeek : Thought Leaders -- Lean On Me (Full Transcript)IndustryWeek : Thought Leaders -- Lean On Me (Print…
The Bloodbath to Come Mike Lopez Aug 23, 2007 2 by Mike Lopez All these lead paint toy scandals are only the beginning. On July 12, 2007, Businessweek ran a story,…
No, Not Spongebob!! Mark Graban Aug 23, 2007 2 Blog LEAD SINKS SPONGEBOB CHINA GOODSSung to the TV theme... parody words by Mark Graban"Who's covered in lead and lives…
Today’s Editorial Cartoon Mark Graban Aug 20, 2007 2 Blog From today's USA Today, on the heels of the recent bad quality from China news, which includes:Baby bibs with lead…
Let’s Hope They Don’t Name the Grey Paint Color "Lead" Mark Graban Aug 14, 2007 0 China's Chery Car: Safe At Any Speed For U.S. Market? - CNBC.comI had a number of readers email me this crash test…
Boo Mattel, Hooray Mattel Mark Graban Aug 9, 2007 1 Blog Mattel is the latest victim in the "poison products from China" series (the "poison train," as The Consumerist blog…
"Root Cause" in the News Mark Graban Jul 13, 2007 1 In my morning reading yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised to see the phrase "root cause" in two stories I've…