I have been reading (re-reading)  Lean Daily Management for Healthcare  by Brad White. I was very impressed by the book the first time throu...

One of the innovations that Toyota put in place on their assembly lines is the "Andon Cord." As the picture below illustrates...

Hi, Mark Graban here... I'm happy that Chip is going to be doing a webinar on Monday, May 7 that's hosted by me and KaiNexus. ...

This blog post is about a Lean concept that I have wanted to share with you for awhile. It concerns the idea of error proofing or mistake pr...

Have you ever learned something new and thought, ”Gosh! If I had had only known this years ago, my life would have been so much easier!”? W...

As explained in a previous blog, in the Lean methodology, a " kanban " is a signal that something needs to be done. This is a Japa...

Last month, shortly after my blog on the “Lean Self”, my friend and mentor Mark Graban posted a comment to that blog. This was unusual.  Us...

One of the aspects of the Lean methodology that I appreciate most of all is the breadth of its  application. Lean is applicable to manufac...

The Lean philosophy is built largely around the concept of problem solving and continuous improvement ( kaizen ) by involving the workers w...

Many of the major corporations in the world have a department they call "Research and Development" (R&D). These are the people...