August, 2012 | Paul Akers Website | Lean Books

Laserjamb level on Ceiling

January 18, 2018August 11, 2012 by Paul

Today I discovered yet another use for the Fastcap Laserjamb level in my cabinet shop. David West, Meadowview Construction. For more information on this product, visit our website.

Lean The Art of Subtraction 103

February 3, 2016August 10, 2012 by Paul

Paul Akers discusses the Lean The Art of Subtraction and uses FastCap’s Power Magnets in the process. For more information on the Power Magnets, visit FastCap’s website.

Christian Dube submitted this video with his lean improvement. For more information on Lean, visit the 2 Second Lean website. For more information on The American Innovator, visit our website. For more information on FastCap, visit our website.

Morning Meeting (in Hebrew)

February 3, 2016August 9, 2012 by Paul

Sam Korb submitted this video of their morning meeting (in Israel). There are subtitles! For more information on 2, go to our 2 Second Lean website.

Paul Akers Participates in the Morning Meeting at MKS Israel As part of implenting a culture of Lean and continuous improvement at FastCap The entire workforce meets every day at the Morning Meeting At MKS Israel, as part of implementing a Lean culture, they began to have a “standing meeting” each morning, based on the FastCap model During their trip to Israel in June 2012, Paul and Leanne Akers participated in one of the Morning Meetings at MKS Israel Today I’ll be leading the Morning Meeting Good Morning! First, an update about last week. (Caption: Status updates) Last week we managed to produce 92% of the plan. Reasons that we didn’t reach 100% include… [fades out] (Caption: Problems that cropped up) Does anyone have any questions or want to ask anything? We’ll try asking questions: “Why did you bring this product over here?” “Why do we have to move it over there?” This way we can always be focused on improving Based on the look on people’s faces when others ask questions, our culture is not there yet. Who had the idea about the barcode scanner holder?(Caption: Honoring improvements) Who made the barcode improvement? The idea was originally Vadim’s, but in this area Slava and I implemented it [Vadim] I started implementing it in one room a year ago, it makes it very convenient, [Vadim] but it’s no big deal Notice what he just said: “Ah, that’s not a big deal.” People don’t yet understand that even the smallest improvement is also worthwhile and should be talked about What Nonna said is that it’s great that Vadim had the idea Paul emphasized that not only is it good, that’s exactly what we need to do: the small improvements As we discussed, if we do one small thing after another, after a year, there will be a huge improvement If we only try to make big improvements, none of them will actually come to fruition: There might not be a budget for it, not enough time for it, whatever But if we focus on small improvements, ultimately we’ll make that huge leap. And that’s what we need to do here. So for example: the warehouse employees saw just now that the barcode scanner holders make sense So they can go RiGHT NOW and implement it in the warehouse, too And if it was your idea, you can go with them, show them how to do one or two, make sure that they know how to do it themselves then you can let them continue on their own Thank you very much, thanks to the participants, thanks to our guests We can get back to work now(Caption: …Let’s get to work!) Have a good day! Editing (and translation): Shmuel KorbMusic: Kevin Macleod

Lean: The Art of Subtraction 4

February 3, 2016August 8, 2012 by Paul

Paul Akers discusses how, by applying the lean principle of “The Art of Subtraction” we significantly downsized the amount of space needed for our pad printing area.

Lean Improvement Edge Banding Doors

January 31, 2020August 8, 2012 by Paul

Derek at the Closet Doctor submitted this video of his lean improvement. For more information on The American Innovator, visit our website. For more information on FastCap, visit our website.

Lean CNC Cabinet Before + After

January 31, 2020August 8, 2012 by Paul

Derek at the Closet Doctor submitted this video of his lean improvement. For more information on The American Innovator, visit our website. For more information on FastCap, visit our website.

8 Deadly Sins of Waste

February 3, 2016August 3, 2012 by Paul

Paul Akers, of Fastcap, and author of 2 Second Lean, talks about the 8 Deadly Sins of Waste v. one piece flow. For more information on on Fastcap, visit our website.

Blind Nail System for Finishing Wood

February 3, 2016August 2, 2012 by Paul

Paul Akers demonstrated how to use FastCap’s Blind Nail System, applying lean principles, for finishing wood. For more information on this product, visit our website.

Lean: The Art of Subtraction 2

February 3, 2016August 2, 2012 by Paul

Paul Akers demonstrates uses the Lean Principle, “The Art of Subtraction”, to solve a problem with a plastic claim shell. Paul uses FastCap’s Macro Flush Cut Trimmer to solve the problem. For more more information on this product, visit our website.