I Wholeheartedly Approve the Violation of this Visual Control Mark Graban May 29, 2013 10 Blog I've had a really nice time during my first 30 hours in Helsinki, Finland. It's been warm (72 F) and sunny -- and!-->…
My 2nd Tour of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas (San Antonio) Mark Graban Feb 28, 2013 10 Blog I had the chance to tour the San Antonio Toyota truck plant (otherwise known as TMMTX) back in 2010 (and I blogged…
Show Instead of Tell – Lean Design for Factories or Hospitals Mark Graban Jan 3, 2013 1 Blog Last week, the New York Times published a piece called "Don't Just Talk About Change. Show It," written by Mick…
Let’s Save Patients by Standardizing the Standardized Colors Mark Graban May 7, 2012 5 Blog Update: The charity auctions that ended last night raised $420 for Friends of the Orphans. Thanks to all who bid…
Visual Management in a Prepared Foods Counter Mark Graban Apr 17, 2012 1 Blog As my wife and I are in the process of moving to San Antonio, we've visited the local Central Market grocery store…
Presenting Lab Test Results in a More Visual Way – Lessons and Inspirations? Mark Graban Feb 17, 2011 2 Blog Today's post isn't strictly about Lean, but I was reminded by a reader to mention something really cool that I saw…
Invest in Robots or in People? Amazon Makes the Lean Decision Mark Graban Jan 17, 2011 6 Blog I'm finally blogging about a Wall Street Journal article from just before Christmas - it's still a generally…
Podcast #108 – Gwendolyn Galsworth, Respect for People and “Work That… Mark Graban Jan 6, 2011 0 Blog Episode #108 is a discussion with Dr. Gwendolyn Galsworth, recorded in person at the 2010 Shingo Prize!-->!-->!-->…
Weekend Fun: Funny Plane Picture That’s Not Really “Visual… Mark Graban Oct 3, 2010 3 Blog There's a series of airplane photos, of South Africa's Kalula Airlines, that have been going around the web,…
Lessons from a “Like Lean” Millionaire Mark Graban Apr 13, 2010 17 Blog Listen to my podcast with Nick One of my blog themes is the idea of "Like Lean" - practices that seem very…
UPS: Disrespect for People? Dan Markovitz Oct 23, 2009 11 Blog by Dan Markovitz I took this picture of a UPS truck recently in NYC. (The orange signs say "SAFETY.") At first I…
Like Lean: Solving Health Care Problems By Design Mark Graban Oct 16, 2009 1 Solving Health Care Problems By Design : NPRThanks to Andrew B. for passing this along - audio and web text from…
It Might Be Bad Design If Instructions Are Required… Mark Graban Jun 17, 2009 4 Blog ... or if it's too easy to make mistakes. One of my favorite books of all time is Donald Norman's The Design of…
Observations from One End of the Hospital Scott McDuffee May 21, 2009 2 Blog Lean Leap to Health Care #7 (click for Part #6) by Scott McDuffee "Where is the main entrance? Why do I…
Interesting Visual Controls Example from a Hospital Mark Graban Mar 31, 2009 0 Blog Thanks to Luke for this story, which he allowed me to share: I was touring a new client hospital with the Director…
Enter for a Chance for a Free Visual Management Webinar Mark Graban Jan 13, 2009 0 Blog Dear Lean Blog readers,I have an exciting opportunity here for a lucky reader. Gwendolyn Galsworth is author of…
Dr. Berwick and Lean in Business Week Mark Graban Jan 3, 2009 4 Blog Donald Berwick: Curing the Healthcare System - BusinessWeek Good exposure for the applicability and use of Lean…
Everyday Lean: Lean and Kleenex Andy Wagner Aug 28, 2008 3 Blog By Andy Wagner:I know how much Mark dislikes headlines that rhyme with lean, but perhaps he'll make an exception…