The Fall and Rise of Automotive (and Healthcare) Quality Mark Graban Feb 13, 2012 3 Blog One of my favorite newspaper writers is Ed Wallace of my local Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Wallace appears in the…
Podcast #126 – Auto Industry Legend and Executive Bob Lutz on His Book… Mark Graban Aug 9, 2011 6 Blog Listen: See the transcript later in this post. My guest for Podcast #126 is Bob Lutz, author of the!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Questions about and Lessons from a Steering Wheel Falling Off Mark Graban Apr 12, 2011 2 Blog In the news yesterday, a General Motors recall over what could be just one isolated steering wheel problem in…
Invest in Robots or in People? Amazon Makes the Lean Decision Mark Graban Jan 17, 2011 6 Blog I'm finally blogging about a Wall Street Journal article from just before Christmas - it's still a generally…
A Sad Report from an M.D. Friend, Overprocessing Driven by the Legal System Mark Graban Nov 22, 2010 8 Blog As I blogged about on Friday, I was back at my alma mater, Northwestern, for a football game this weekend-- well,!-->…
Who Coined the Term “Lean”? And Where is He Today? Mark Graban Aug 30, 2010 15 Blog People often ask "So where did the term 'lean' come from?" It didn't come from Toyota. And the term isn't an…