20+ Years Ago at GM: The Quality Death Spiral of Bad Management & Blaming… Mark Graban Apr 10, 2018 7 Blog My first job out of college was as an Industrial Engineer at the General Motors Livonia Engine Plant. Blogging…
2nd Post for the Deming Institute Blog: The Failed “Livonia… Mark Graban Jan 17, 2017 0 Blog Yesterday, the W. Edwards Deming Institute published the second in my series of three posts for them: "The Failure…
Video: John Shook and the LEI #Lean Transformation Model Mark Graban Jan 28, 2014 11 Blog In a new video released by the Lean Enterprise Institute, CEO John Shook talks about a "Lean transformation" model.…
NPR on the “End of the Line” at NUMMI and My Story About an… Mark Graban Mar 27, 2010 12 Blog Here's some Saturday morning listening... a story from yesterday's "All Things Considered" on the "End of the Line"…
Where Did I Start with Lean? Mark Graban Jul 23, 2009 17 Blog I love it when I have a chance to meet Lean Blog readers and Twitter followers in the "real world." In the past few…
“Beat Down On Them” Mark Graban Nov 5, 2007 3 Blog As I thought about this post earlier, with the employee quote about being beaten down, I had a flashback to my!-->…
Livonia’s not Lean-vonia Mark Graban Dec 6, 2006 0 Blog As Auto Prosperity Shifts South, Two Towns Offer a Study in Contrasts - New York Times Here's a free Detroit…