Dr. Atul Gawande’s Article on Reducing the Waste of Unnecessary Healthcare Mark Graban May 5, 2015 7 Blog I've been a big fan of Dr. Atul Gawande's writing for a long time (see previous posts about him and his work).…
Random Super Bowl XLIX Lean-Like Moments – Katy Perry and GE Mark Graban Feb 1, 2015 2 Blog Following up my earlier post about the "Patriot Way..." During her halftime extravaganza (video), Katy Perry had…
Overcapacity and Overproduction in the Auto Industry (and Healthcare) Mark Graban May 21, 2014 11 Blog "Where the World's Unsold Cars Go To Die." The photos are dramatic. Note: The Jalopnik automotive blog!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Kaizen Adventures in My Hometown of Livonia, Michigan Mark Graban Jan 20, 2014 3 Blog I'm in my home town of Livonia, Michigan this week, having arrived to the snow and cold yesterday, staying through…
Gemba Wine: A Lean Geek Visits Wineries, Part 2 Mark Graban Aug 26, 2013 1 Blog Growing grapes and making wine is certainly an art... but when you look into it there's a lot of process…
Good News, Bad News on GM Doubling ‘Volt’ Production Mark Graban Oct 11, 2011 7 Blog I don't often go back to write about GM, the first company I worked for out of college. Thanks to my dad who sent…
Waste Upon Waste Upon Waste – U.S. Overproduction of Dollar Coins Mark Graban Jul 20, 2011 10 Blog Come back Thursday, July 21 for my new Podcast with former U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, where we talk!-->…
Neither Lean Nor Green: People Who Send Me Stuff I Didn’t Ask For Mark Graban Sep 10, 2009 4 Blog Channeling my inner Andy Rooney... I try to be a lean thinker and a lean guy. I'm all for reducing and…
Airplane Boarding – The Least Pro-Active Process Ever? Mark Graban Apr 3, 2009 9 As a frequent flyer, I really try to turn off the process thinking part of my brain, for sanity's sake.However, one…
Just an Emergency Mark Graban Mar 8, 2009 3 SHIPPING, SHIPBUILDING AND OFFSHORE NEWSToyota's overproduction and inventory emergency (thanks to Jason for the…
Holy Overproduction, Batman!! Mark Graban Jan 27, 2009 11 Blog Lean Service Blog: Unsold cars Hat tip to Rob and the Lean Service Blog for pointing out these online pictures…
Toyota Gains Lead in Overproduction? Mark Graban Jan 29, 2008 4 Blog Toyota beats GM in global production; GM No. 1 in global salesSo it turns out that GM *sold* more cars than Toyota…
The Danger of Overproduction? Mark Graban Dec 18, 2007 0 Blog PEPCON disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaIn some Saturday afternoon background TV watching, my ears perked…
Automotive Overproduction Comparison Mark Graban Oct 31, 2007 4 Blog How GM Handles a Hit: Build Fewer - WSJ.comWelcome to new readers from the MoneyCentral MSN blog. To explore more…
The "Waist" of Overproduction? Mark Graban Mar 17, 2007 0 Restaurants Take Leadership Role with Portion ControlPardon the horrible joke there. One of the types of Waste,…
"The Vicissitudes of Over-production" Mark Graban Jan 28, 2007 1 Blog Why U.S. automakers like GM and Ford are losing money - Jan. 26, 2007Wow, leave it to a professional journalist to…
The Gift of Overproduction Mark Graban Dec 19, 2006 3 Blog Honey, You Shouldn't Have - WSJ.comUpdate: I was probably wrong on this one (see here).You see the ads for Lexus…
Chrysler’s Overproduction Mark Graban Dec 5, 2006 5 Blog Chrysler's OT shifts baffle analystsIt's "waste of overproduction" day on the Lean Blog. Here is an article about…