The Video From the Toyota Museum in Nagoya, Japan Mark Graban Dec 12, 2022 0 Blog When I visited the Toyota Museum in Nagoya, Japan (see my previous blog posts about it), they had a display that!-->…
What my Book “Lean Hospitals” Says About Inventory Planning Mark Graban Apr 3, 2020 2 Blog This is from the 3rd edition of my book Lean Hospitals. I've copied and pasted from the book with no!-->!-->!-->…
Live Blogging Day 1 of #HCSummit17 – #Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit Mark Graban Jun 7, 2017 1 Blog I'm at the 8th annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit in Palm Springs, California. Follow on Twitter using…
A Prototype For My “Two-Bin Hand Sanitizer” Concept Mark Graban May 17, 2017 17 Audio Does your healthcare organization struggle with keeping hand sanitizer dispensers full? Let me know what you think…
[Article] Creating a New “Gold Standard” — Healthcare Supply… Mark Graban Nov 16, 2016 0 Blog Thanks again to Cardinal Health for sponsoring the webinar that I did with them and Fierce Healthcare on supply…
Visiting the Gemba & Seeing a Growing Culture of Continuous Improvement at… Mark Graban Nov 11, 2016 3 Blog Recently, I wrote about an on-site event that I helped the Iowa Lean Consortium and Mary Greeley Medical Center …
[Recording] Webinar on Creating Better Healthcare Supply Chains through Lean Mark Graban Sep 7, 2016 4 Blog I'm excited to announce that I'm presenting a webinar at no cost to you on September 22nd, sponsored by Cardinal…
Would the WSJ Blame “Just in Time” for the Stanley Cup Being Late? Mark Graban Jun 22, 2015 1 Audio The Wall St Journal loves writing about how "Just In Time" (JIT) is a risky inventory strategy. See my past posts…
What’s a Kanban System? This Video From Saskatchewan Provides a Great… Mark Graban Jun 8, 2015 11 Blog Today, I'm sharing a 10-minute video that was shared by the Five Hills Health Region within the Saskatchewan health…
An Invention to Prevent Empty Gel or Foam Sanitizer Dispensers in a Hospital Mark Graban Apr 6, 2015 18 Blog Every time I am in a hospital or clinic setting, one of the first things I do is get a pump or squirt of gel or…
Webinar Previews: Lean is All About People? Leadership Behaviors for Kaizen Mark Graban Jan 26, 2015 1 Blog Tomorrow afternoon, I'm doing two different webinars that I hope you'll want to sign up for. Even if you…
10% Discount Code — Upcoming Class in January with Jim Benson –… Mark Graban Dec 4, 2014 0 Blog I'm happy to be partnering up again with my friend and fellow contrarian rabble-rouser Jim Benson to do a full-day…
Great Lean Leader Interview Series at Shmula.com Mark Graban Sep 30, 2014 0 Blog My friend Pete Abilla has started a nice series of "Lean Leadership Interviews" on his site, shmula.com. I…
Why “More Nurses” Isn’t the Best Way to Solve What Ails… Mark Graban Aug 21, 2014 21 Best There are certainly many serious problems in healthcare. Let's look at nursing, in particular. It's a rewarding…
Live Blogging Day 1: Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit 2014 Mark Graban Jun 4, 2014 1 Blog Today is the first day of the 5th annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit. Follow along on Twitter with …
Video: Toyota Helps Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Their Eye Clinic Mark Graban Jun 3, 2014 2 Blog California week on the blog continues after yesterday's post about Lean at San Francisco General Hospital.…
Toyota’s Blog on Pillars of the Toyota Production System & Lean Mark Graban May 1, 2014 0 Blog I didn't know , until yesterday, that Toyota has an official company blog (at least for Toyota UK). Even…
Good Questions, But With Some Misunderstandings about Lean Healthcare Mark Graban Mar 28, 2014 1 Blog In 2009, I wrote about a nurses' union in New Brunswick that supported Lean because they realized this methodology…