Using Lean to Organize Hospital Closets… NPR Commenters Are Not Impressed Mark Graban Aug 10, 2015 8 Audio I saw this story when it originally appeared online as part of a local public radio station in California. It was…
A Lean Guy Listens to NPR: NICU Waste, Growing a Rural Hospital, Value in Cancer… Mark Graban Jul 31, 2015 0 Audio I did a similar post in 2012, but here's a post where I share some recent NPR stories that I've heard recently…
Stuff I’m Reading March 2015: Womack, Sweatshops, Hospitals, and Surveys Mark Graban Mar 9, 2015 0 Blog As often happens, I have too many open browser tabs full of articles that I was going to potentially blog about.…
A Lean Guy Listens to NPR – Waste & Problems in Healthcare Mark Graban Jun 4, 2012 4 Blog Coming this week -- blog posts and tweets (follow me or hashtag #HCsummit12) from the 2012 Lean Healthcare…
Economics: From “Dismal Science” to Dismal Home? Mark Graban Sep 4, 2010 8 Blog I nearly drove off the road when I heard this NPR story yesterday: "Allowance Economics: Candy, Taxes And Potty…
L.A.M.E. as Heard on NPR? Mark Graban Feb 20, 2010 9 Blog Oh no, it seems like a L.A.M.E. ("Lean As Misguidedly Executed") story on NPR's All Things Considered program. No…
NPR Does a Great Job of Covering Toyota Mark Graban May 29, 2009 6 Blog Following The Toyota Way, For Better Or Worse : NPR (listen or read) I'll hand it to NPR, they generally do a…
More NPR Stories about Toyota Mike Lopez Mar 8, 2007 0 by Mike LopezYesterday and today, NPR's Morning Edition had two short stories about Toyota. Yesterday, they…
NPR Stories on New Toyota Plant Mark Graban Feb 28, 2007 1 It's official, that Toyota has selected a site near Tupelo, Mississippi for their next U.S. factory (Google News…
Lean Suits Story on NPR Mark Graban Jan 24, 2007 2 NPR : Suit Maker Goes 'Lean' to Keep Jobs in U.S.I'll comment more on this later, but this was on NPR this morning.…
NPR Show Discusses The Future of U.S. Manufacturing Mark Graban Feb 23, 2006 3 Blog On Point : American Manufacturing and Jobs Here is a 45 minute audio program from National Public Radio,…
NPR on the Jobs Bank Mark Graban Feb 13, 2006 0 NPR : Future Uncertain for Auto Workers' Safety NetI don't mean to focus so much on this Jobs Bank issue. But,…
NY Times, USA Today, and NPR Report on Toyota Mark Graban Dec 21, 2005 4 Blog 1 -- 'Slow and steady' drives Toyota's growth - (USA Today) 2 -- Toyota Closes In on G.M. (NY Times, requires free…