There are several reasons why some organizations have had difficulty obtaining the kind of results with Lean that Toyota has. One o...

I’m taking a little break from my usual Lean topics this time around for a little pet fun. Let me introduce you to “Supersize”. “Supers...

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...