Started in 2006, the ”Lean Blog Interviews” podcast, hosted by Mark Graban, brings you conversations with leading experts, authors, and thought leaders in lean manufacturing and management. As a Lean practitioner, consultant, and author, Mark Graban offers deep insights, real-world experiences, and practical tips for implementing and enhancing Lean practices across various industries. The Podcast Experience Mark Graban engages his guests in a conversational format, covering a wide array of t ...
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Lean Smarts Podcast: Lean Manufacturing | Leadership
Lean Smarts Podcast: Lean Manufacturing | Leadership
Daniel Crawford, founder of Lean Smarts, shares about all things related to lean manufacturing at work, home, and in life. If you want to understand lean, become a lean thinker, and take your leadership to the next level, this is the show for you!
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Two successful entrepreneurs talk about manufacturing, lean principles, and the freedom they are pursuing in life and business.
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Transforming Operations with Lean Leadership: Bill Remy, CEO of TBM Consulting, on Driving Growth Through Continuous Improvement
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My guest for Episode #520 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Bill Remy, CEO of TBM Consulting. Episode page with video, transcript, and more Bill is both an accomplished business executive and leader who is frequently called upon for his credible voice, honesty, and pragmatism — and for his ability to leverage operational excellence and continu…
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Do You Get Paid By Ideas or Hours? | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E69
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Jay and Andrew talk about getting paid by ideas versus getting paid by hours, passing the right kind of physical legacy on to your kids, the purposes of reserve cash, and more.Av Henry Holsters and Pierson Workholding
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Numbers Without Decisions Are Noise | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E68
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Jay and Andrew start by discussing what they will focus on as business owners coming out of this election. (Hint: focus on what you can control, which, it turns out, is actually quite a lot.) Then they talk about numbers. Some business owners run their operations based on a thorough understanding of all the relevant numbers. For some, this can lead…
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Achieving Healthcare Excellence: Insights from Jarvis Gray on Lean Six Sigma and Leadership
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My guest for Episode #519 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Jarvis Gray, the Managing Director of The Quality Coaching Co. He offers more than 16 years of strategic planning, quality improvement, and operations leadership experience in the healthcare industry. Episode page with video, transcript, and more Through his firm, The Quality Coaching…
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Standards Are Gorgeous | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E67
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You know what's really nice? When standards are, y'know, standardized. As in...widely accepted and widely implemented. As opposed to changing between different companies, regions, and manufacturers. This is just one topic Jay and Andrew tackle in this episode on standards, simplicity, and solving problems before they happen. Books mentioned: Lean M…
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Breaking the MRP Insanity Trap: Jerry Wright on Lean Systems and Supply Chain Transformation
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My guest for Episode #518 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Jerry Wright, author of the new book The Insanity Trap: What Your MRP Consultant Won't Tell You. Jerry M. Wright, PE, MBA, is an accomplished operations executive and teaching professional with over 39 years of experience in the manufacturing and service sectors. His extensive career …
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Effort Doesn't Equal Output | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E66
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Andrew talks about some really valuable things he's learned from Who Not How: The Formula to Achieve Bigger Goals Through Accelerating Teamwork by Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy, including the importance of making fewer, better decisions and living in the results economy, not the effort economy.…
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Bruce Hamilton and the Northeast Lean Conference, Toast Kaizen, and More
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My guest for this bonus episode of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Bruce Hamilton, who is joining me on the show for the first time. Bruce is a renowned figure in the Lean world, serving as the President of GBMP Consulting Group and Director Emeritus for the Shingo Institute. As a senior examiner and certified workshop facilitator for the Shing…
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Anything Worth Doing is Worth Doing Poorly? | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E65
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Anything worth doing is worth doing well, right? Well, yes! Of course. But, in another sense, anything worth doing is worth doing poorly. Find out the distinction in this episode. You'll also hear Jay ponder the fact that when he doesn't review things with his employees, they tend to forget them. Which may sound like an obvious truth, but who among…
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Jacob Stoller on Productivity Reimagined and Lean's Role in Growth
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My guest for Episode #517 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Jacob Stoller, a journalist, speaker, facilitator, and Shingo-Prize-winning author of The Lean CEO. We talked about that in Episode 221. Episode page with video, transcript, and more His latest book, Productivity Reimagined: Shattering Performance Myths to Achieve Sustainable Growth, …
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Self-Limitation for Success | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E64
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In this week's episode, Andrew and Jay delve into: Choosing the Right Machinery: How do you decide on the best equipment for your needs, not other people's? Strategic Purchasing for Tax Benefits: Is NOW always the right time to buy equipment to leverage tax advantages? The Owner's Mindset: Exploring how an owner's mindset can be the largest barrier…
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Roberto Priolo - The Lean Global Connection Event and Spreading Lean Thinking Globally
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In this episode of Lean Blog Interviews, Mark Graban welcomes Roberto Priolo, the Managing Editor of Planet Lean, the publication of the Lean Global Network. Based in Barcelona, Roberto has a background in journalism and extensive experience in covering Lean and continuous improvement topics. Mark and Roberto discuss the upcoming Lean Global Connec…
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Is Clean Lean? (The Aesthetics of Efficiency) | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E63
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Join Jay and Andrew as they explore: The Aesthetics of Efficiency: Does a clean environment make for a more productive shop? Or is a bit of mess the price of lean? Fresh Perspectives: The importance of bringing new eyes to old processes for innovation and improvement. Actually Testing Things: Why testing ideas and methods is crucial for true produc…
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Jenn Christison: Lessons in Even Better Leadership, Lean Thinking, and Organizational Transformation
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My guest for Episode #516 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Jenn Christison, founder and principal consultant at Seven Ways Consulting. Episode page with video, transcript, and more Jenn has spent more than 15 years leading continuous improvement efforts across a variety of industries, including aerospace manufacturing, healthcare, non-profit,…
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What Makes More Money—Spindles or Pallets? (Plus More IMTS Followup) | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E62
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It's a jam-packed episode of Lean Built as Jay and Andrew kick things off with a head-to-head: spindles versus pallet pools. Which one packs the bigger profit punch? From there, they steer back into the world of IMTS, and especially how bringing your team and employing them strategically can yield big results. But that's not all. They tackle machin…
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Exploring Lean Product Development with Jim Morgan - Rivian's Former COO
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My guest for Episode #515 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Jim Morgan, senior advisor at Lean Enterprise Institute and a board member at Adrian Steel. Jim’s most recent industry experience was as Chief Operating Officer at Rivian, an electric vehicle manufacturer. Episode page with video, transcript, and more He was previously a guest in Epis…
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Eliminate Choices, Solve ACTUAL Problems | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E61
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Andrew and Jay come back from IMTS with plenty on their minds. They talk about salespeople who want to solve your problems vs. ones who just want to make a sale, the pros and cons of using products from new companies, getting up and close with machines, knowing what problem a particular machine you're considering actually solves, ending choice para…
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Live from IMTS 2024 | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E60
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Jay and Andrew check in from IMTS.Av Henry Holsters and Pierson Workholding
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IMTS Trick 'n' Tips | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E59
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As Jay and Andrew prepare to go to IMTS 2024, they talk trade show tricks and tips. How do you approach events like this? How do you make the most of them for your company and your own personal growth? When should you take pictures? How should you treat competitors? Is it better to be honest with a salesperson if you're not interested in buying som…
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Coaching for Continuous Improvement: Lean Leadership Lessons from Sports with Hugh Alley
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My guest for Episode #514 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Hugh Alley, an author and consultant. He divides his time between coaching senior operational leaders in continuous improvement, training front-line leaders in core supervisory skills, and designing industrial facilities. An industrial engineer, he has run three manufacturing and dist…
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The Bullet Tells The Truth | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E58
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Andrew and Jay discuss several key principles this week that can help your business grow, including: The Bullet Tells the Truth: It doesn't matter how well something works in theory; it must work in practice. Avoid Delusional Leadership: Understand the real workings and needs of your company. AI as Homework: Using AI can be beneficial if you use it…
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The Dark Side of Lean | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E57
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Andrew and Jay continue their discussion of what kind of 5-axis machine should Andrew buy and how to think ahead in making big decisions. Then they shift gears into the art of crafting a mission statement that doesn't just gather dust on a plaque. What makes a mission statement not just good, but galvanizing? What is a good mission statement is eve…
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Insights from 'Leading Excellence': Brad Jevons and Stephen Dargan on Adaptive Leadership
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My guests for Episode #512 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast are two of three co-authors of the upcoming book “Leading Excellence: 5 Hats of the Adaptive Leader” - Brad Jeavons and Stephen Dargan. Episode page with video, transcript, and more Stephen Dargan A diverse and inclusive, customer-centric, driven transformational leader with 20+ years o…
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The Power of Staying In Your Lane | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E56
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Join Jay and Andrew as they dive deep into the challenges of using Fusion, the nuances of fair use in copyright law, and the art of dressing to impress in the business world (it's actually a thing!). We're picking up where we left off from our future discussion on Andrew's journey in scaling up his business and investing in new equipment. As we do,…
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Crossroads & Clarity: Navigating Big Decisions in Business | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E55
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Andrew is at a crossroads, weighing the decision to expand or relocate his shop, along with the potential purchase of a 5-axis machine. In this episode, Jay helps Andrew navigate the complexities of these big decisions. They delve into how a firm "no" on one major issue brought Andrew much-needed clarity. They explore the emotional investment requi…
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Flow Engineering in Action: Insights from Authors Steve Pereira and Andrew Davis
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My guests for Episode #512 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast are Steve Pereira and Andrew Davis, authors of the new book Flow Engineering: From Value Stream Mapping to Effective Action. Blog post with video, transcript, and more Steve Pereira has spent over two decades improving workflow across various organizations. His experience spans tech sup…
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Don't Be Blind To The Future | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E54
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Andrew and Jay talk about automation (Jay's buying another robot!), solving unexpected space problems, how to not be myopic about the future, and more.Av Henry Holsters and Pierson Workholding
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Paul Critchley on His Upcoming New England Lean Summit and More
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In this special live-streamed bonus episode of the Lean Blog Interviews podcast, host Mark Graban is joined by Paul Critchley for an impromptu experiment in recording a live podcast. The episode begins with a brief introduction and a discussion about the decision to try a live format. Paul Critchley, a seasoned Lean consultant, shares his backgroun…
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