Lean Whiskey #38: Toasting the U.S. Micro Whiskey of the Year (Glenns Creek OCD… Mark Graban Jan 20, 2023 0 Lean Whiskey Listen: What do you do when you are chosen as Jim Murray's US Micro Whiskey of the Year? You pop in!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Lean Whiskey #37: Starbucks’ Gemba, Toyota’s Tour, Product Innovation… Mark Graban Dec 22, 2022 0 Lean Whiskey "I'll have a half-caff no-whip soy-milk chestnut praline latte... to-go." Listen: Here is the episode if you!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Podcast #309 – David Meier, Bourbon and Continuous Improvement Mark Graban Jun 28, 2018 1 Interviews Back on the podcast for the sixth time is my friend David Meier, a Lean / TPS consultant who is a former Toyota…
Podcast #304 – David Meier, Lessons and Wisdom from Toyota Mark Graban Apr 9, 2018 2 Interviews Back on the podcast for the fifth time is my friend David Meier, a Lean / TPS consultant who is a former Toyota…
What Do the “The Toyota Way” Books Say About Visual Metrics? Mark Graban Nov 15, 2017 1 Blog As I've been writing about "process behavior charts" - a simple, yet effective method for charting and reacting to…
LeanBlog Podcast #85 – David Meier on Toyota’s Challenges Mark Graban Mar 16, 2010 2 Blog Episode #85 is a conversation with David Meier, a former Toyota Georgetown Group Leader and the co-author of the!-->…
My Thoughts on Standardized Work and #Lean Mark Graban Feb 22, 2010 39 Best I've written about many of these ideas and themes before in various blog posts, but I wanted to consolidate my!-->!-->!-->…
10 Things I Wish Lean Practitioners Wouldn’t Say in 2010 Mark Graban Jan 4, 2010 60 Blog In the blog tradition of "Top 10" lists (and "do not say" lists, like this one from Time or this workplace!-->!-->!-->…
Guest Post: Is TPS the “Best” System? David Meier Nov 11, 2009 6 Blog In this LinkedIn Group discussion, a member posted this question: "In the book TPS Taiichi Ohno gives in chapter 5…
The Purpose of Kaizen Events Mark Graban Nov 5, 2009 19 Best I recently ran into David Meier, co-author of the outstanding books The Toyota Way Fieldbook and Toyota Talent.…
Wegman’s Cuts Wasted Energy and Costs, not "Wasted" Time Serving… Jason Turgeon Dec 18, 2008 4 Blog By Jason Turgeon:In the last couple of weeks, Mark's been hammering the midwestern grocery store chain Meijer for…
LeanBlog Podcast #35 – David Meier, on Toyota Talent (Again) Mark Graban Jan 28, 2008 3 Interviews LeanBlog Podcast #35 is another discussion with David Meier, co-author of the book Toyota Talent, written with!-->!-->!-->…
LeanBlog Review: Toyota Talent Mark Graban May 29, 2007 4 Blog Toyota Talent is the third, and newest, book in the "Toyota Way" series: The Toyota Way, written by Dr.…
New Book, "Toyota Talent:" Out NOW Mark Graban May 3, 2007 0 Blog Toyota TalentUpdate 5/6/07: The book is now shipping from AmazonI had the pleasure of reading a pre-publication…
"Toyota Talent" out April 29 Mark Graban Apr 24, 2007 1 Blog Amazon.com: Toyota Talent: Books: Jeffrey Liker,David MeierThis has been an exciting week for me. Monday, I met…
LeanBlog Podcast #17 – David Meier, “Lean in China” Mark Graban Jan 23, 2007 0 Blog LeanBlog Podcast #17 is a discussion with a good friend of the Lean Blog, David Meier, a former Toyota!-->!-->!-->…
David Meier on Getting Up and Starting Again Mark Graban Jan 9, 2007 0 Blog Message Board, direct link to David's Post (scroll down the page) - the board site is defunct. Here are some…
Problem Solving Example Mark Graban Jan 6, 2007 2 Are you working on the True Problem?Lean Blogger David Meier tipped me off to this interesting post about root…