Mark Graban
Mark Graban is an experienced Lean Manufacturing coach and implementer, having worked in multiple industries and settings. Mark has held various engineering and process improvement positions with General Motors, Dell Computer, and Honeywell and has also consulted for auto suppliers and numerous hospitals. He received a BS in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University. Mark was also a graduate fellow of the highly-regarded Leaders for Manufacturing Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he received an MBA from the Sloan School of Management and an MS in Mechanical Engineering.
Title: Senior consultant with a firm that specializes in Lean and Six Sigma consulting and training
Email: mgraban@gmail.com
Get Lean and ProsperLink This | Email This | Comments (0) A Visit with the "Lean Dentist", Part 1Last Thursday, I had such an enjoyable visit to Dr. Sami Bahri’s office . I was very impressed with the “Lean spirit” of Dr. Bahri and his employees. The culture there is pretty impressive. What does this have to do with manufacturing? If you read on, I think you’ll be impressed with their Lean culture and their Lean management system —... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) A Good Quote (from 1882!)I’m prepping for a presentation I’m giving next week on Lean leadership styles and I ran across tihs great quote that John Shook shared at his presentation at the Global Lean Healthcare Summit earlier this year. I wanted to share it: “It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study,... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Clearing Out My "WIP"Every so often, I do a blog post that “cleans out the backlog,” if you will. These are articles I meant to blog about, but didn’t get to. These are also articles that don’t demand too much commentary…. so enjoy: Where is Gary Convis going now that he’s retired from Toyota? Gary Convis , who we’ve written about a lot... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) The Patriots are like Toyota?Unbeaten Patriots see room for improvement - NFL - Yahoo! Sports The above headline blew me away this morning. The Patriots have basically been perfect this year. Tom Brady is completing 80% of his passes. They’ve won every game by about 3 touchdowns. Experts think they will 16-0. Yet the coach says: “It could be better.” Is that the key to their... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Talk Shop with Cliff from CheersSeries of Town Hall Meetings on Manufacturing Issues I’ve written before about John Ratzenberger (from Cheers fame) and his show “Made in America.” I’ve always appreciated his show because of what seems to be sincere interest in how things are made and a sincere appreciation for the “working people” — always taking time to stop... More |
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