If Mistakes Are Expected, We Can React Appropriately and Constructively (and Even… Mark Graban Mar 23, 2022 0 Blog Recently, I re-shared a LinkedIn post by Maryam Najafi PhD, a clinical scientist from Germany. I re-posted!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Ben Bensaou: From Lean Production to “Built to Innovate” Mark Graban Jan 4, 2022 0 Interviews Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #434 of the Lean!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: December 3, 2021 Ryan McCormack Dec 3, 2021 0 Mixtape Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing!-->!-->!-->…
Confusion Galore, A Vaccine Administration Error: My Moderna COVID Booster Mark Graban Nov 4, 2021 11 Blog Update Nov 5 7:30 pm: Added an Addendum / Epilogue to the story at the end of the post Having received a!-->!-->!-->…
Should We Blame “Just in Time” or “Short-Term Thinking”… Mark Graban Jun 2, 2021 4 Blog A version of this originally appeared on LinkedIn -- Read and/or see the discussion that's been sparked there. !-->!-->!-->…
Lean Whiskey #27: Lean Coffee: Pour Over Edition & Some Inventory / Supply… Mark Graban May 21, 2021 0 Lean Whiskey Jamie Flinchbaugh, Mark Graban In Episode 27, Mark and Jamie switch things up a bit with a morning recording of!-->!-->!-->…
The WSJ is Once Again Mostly Wrong About Just in Time (No Surprise) Mark Graban May 4, 2021 3 Blog This image -- a huge container ship coming from a far-off land -- does NOT represent the Lean and Toyota!-->…
Creating a Culture of Learning From Mistakes at The Raymond Corporation Mark Graban Apr 26, 2021 0 Blog You might remember this Lean Blog Interviews podcast episode that I did last year with Keith Ingels from The!-->…
Keith Champion on the Lucid (Motors) Production System Mark Graban Apr 20, 2021 3 Interviews Scroll down for info, videos about Lucid Motors, how to subscribe, and more My guest for Episode!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
What are the Origins of the Term SMED (Single-Minute Exchange of Die)? Mark Graban Apr 16, 2021 4 Blog In my recent podcast with Ritsuo Shingo, one topic was the history of the acronym "SMED" -- it stands for!-->…
Why “On Deck Chairs” Can Improve a Covid Vaccination Clinic Flow and… Mark Graban Apr 3, 2021 5 Blog My previous post in this series: A Lean Guy Gets Vaccinated at Dodger Stadium On Saturday, March 6th, I had the!-->!-->!-->…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: February 26, 2021 Ryan McCormack Feb 26, 2021 0 Mixtape Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing!-->!-->!-->…
Going From GM to Toyota to Healthcare and Beyond: Jay Hodge Mark Graban Feb 23, 2021 0 Interviews Scroll down for video, how to subscribe, and more My guest for Episode #402 is Jay Hodge, the!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: February 12, 2021 Ryan McCormack Feb 12, 2021 0 Mixtape Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing!-->!-->!-->…
Jeff Liker on the Second Edition of “The Toyota Way” Mark Graban Feb 9, 2021 0 Interviews Wow, 400 Episodes!! 400 episodes in roughly 15.5 years... that's about 800 weeks, or one episode every two weeks,!-->…
Lesa Nichols: Reflecting on Hajime Oba and Her Toyota Experience Mark Graban Feb 2, 2021 0 Interviews Scroll down for video, how to subscribe, and more My guest for Episode #399 of the Lean Blog!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Hide Oba Discusses His Legendary Father, Toyota’s Hajime Oba Mark Graban Jan 20, 2021 3 Interviews Joining me for Episode #397 is Hide Oba. His father was the late Hajime Oba, famous for his work at Toyota and the!-->…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: Best of 2020 Ryan McCormack Dec 28, 2020 0 Mixtape Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing!-->!-->!-->…