No, not Albert Einstein! Moraito “Morey” Einstein, Albert’s third cousin, twice removed on his mother’s side. Just kidding! However, t...

SMED stands for Single Minute Exchange of Dies. One of Shigeo Shingo’s and Toyota’s greatest gains in increasing flow was figuring out how ...

I am especially pleased to present this edition of leanvets.com for a couple of reasons. 1)  It is the first podcast for me. Hopefully, ...

You all can breathe again! Mark Graban's Lean Hospitals, 3rd Edition is now available. The fact that there is a 3rd edition speaks volu...

No, not "Most Valuable Player." MVP in this case stands for "Minimal Viable Product. It comes from the book  The Lean Startup...

When I first started learning about Lean, one of the terms I seemed to have difficulty wrapping my brain around was "takt time." ...

Here are some recommendations for further reading and web resources. At some point in the future, this post will be moved to a separate pag...

While Mark Graban  and I were at the recent TVMA Convention and Expo presenting our Lean lecture a couple of weeks ago, a veterinarian came...

Toyota has long been very generous in allowing other organizations serious about beginning a Lean initiative ( even competitors !) access t...

Mark Graban and I had the pleasure of presenting a two and a half hour lecture introduction to the Toyota Production System, Lean, entitl...