#Lean Healthcare: The Really Good, the Sort of Bad, and the Ugly Mark Graban Jun 13, 2013 2 Blog I had a speaking engagement yesterday for a large system, with the audience consisting mainly of hospital CEOs and…
Apple Expected 10% Bad iPhones from Foxconn? Mark Graban May 6, 2013 2 Blog I'd read before that Apple's supplier (Foxconn) was having trouble assembling iPhone 5s to Apple's standards... but…
Live Blogging AME Spring Conference: 17 Years of Lean at Autoliv Mark Graban Apr 17, 2013 3 Blog I've been fortunate to have the chance to visit an Autoliv factory in Utah - a great Lean company that makes air…
Horrible Misinformation about Lean from Minitab Mark Graban Apr 16, 2013 18 Blog Hat tip to Kevin Meyer for sending me a link to this ridiculous post from the website of Minitab, the maker of…
Just Call it “5S Six Sigma” Instead of “Lean Sigma,”… Mark Graban Oct 22, 2012 26 Best My whole career, I have worked with the Lean methodology (aka the Toyota Production System). I've just really never…
Updated – Weekend Fun: Political Parody Ad & Rebuttal Mark Graban Aug 31, 2012 2 Blog I don't know about you, but I'm sick of politics. I try to be an engaged citizen... but both parties drive me nuts.…
Notes from Meeting Masaaki Imai Mark Graban Jun 15, 2012 7 Blog What a great time on Thursday with Masaaki Imai! We were hosted by a non-profit organization, SightLife, that has…
Stuff I’m Reading, April 4, 2012: Staffing Levels, Death Rates, Student… Mark Graban Apr 4, 2012 1 Blog Here are links to some more articles I've read recently that might be of interest on a number of Lean related…
Lots of Great Lean Healthcare Progress in Iowa Mark Graban Feb 27, 2012 2 Blog Thanks to Dean Bliss for sending an article to me about some of the great Lean healthcare work taking place in…
Guest Post: Demand for #Lean Professionals Now Exceeds #SixSigma? Mark Graban Feb 23, 2012 0 Blog Mark's note: This is a guest post by Tim Noble of The Avery Point Group. Does this assessment match your view, from…
ASQ Member Videos on Quality, Their Careers, and Their Lives Mark Graban Nov 30, 2011 1 Blog As mentioned in Monday's post with Podcast #131 (Paul Borawski, CEO of the American Society for Quality), ASQ had a…
Problems like This Should be the Focus of “Lean Government” Mark Graban Oct 4, 2011 6 Blog The "Strong America Now" initiative has proposed there are opportunities to save $500 BILLION a year from our U.S.…
Radiology Patient Flow Improvement Using Lean at a German Hospital Mark Graban Sep 20, 2011 1 Blog This is the first Lean article or case study I recall seeing about a German hospital: "JACR: Lean Six Sigma…
Dear “Lean Six Sigma” Crowd – Lean is About Quality, Too Mark Graban Aug 22, 2011 38 Blog First off, I'm not trying to dredge up a "Lean vs. Six Sigma" battle here. I'm not "anti-Six Sigma." I'm not a!-->…
Video Presentation on Reducing Healthcare Waste & Improving Care Mark Graban Aug 2, 2011 1 Blog Last week, I posted a podcast with Mike George, founder of Strong America Now, an organization that is…
Podcast #125 – Mike George on Lean Six Sigma for Government &… Mark Graban Jul 28, 2011 39 Blog MP3 File (run time 17:50) My guest for Podcast #125 is Mike George, the founder of Strong America Now,!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Links to Dilbert Cartoons on #Lean and/or #SixSigma Mark Graban Jun 29, 2011 14 Best I've often blogged about Dilbert and "dilbert lean" is a fairly common search term, so I thought I'd do my best to…
Podcast #121 – About the New Ohio State University Healthcare MBOE Program Mark Graban Jun 27, 2011 2 Blog MP3 File (run time 20:09) Today's episode is a discussion with Mrinalini Gadkari, a Senior Lecturer at!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…