Rituo Shinto gives a shout out to Klime Ezee. Rituo Shingo is the Former president of Toyota China & Hino Motors.
To learn more about Klime Ezee, visit their website.
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Month: April 2015
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Chris Gustafson, of Vintage Window Restoration, sent us this video showing a creative use of FastCap’s PowerMags. Never know when they will come in handy! For more information on this product, visit our website.
Quote from Chris, “I restore historic wood windows for a living and life is growing fast, I truly believe lean and kaizen has been a significant part of the rate of efficiency and growth. I’ve been following and learning lean for the past 2 years, did the book, seen the videos, shop is kaizened and 3-S’d. It’s been one hell of a ride.”
Why do we do videos anyway?
Graham Johnson, of Omniduct, sent us this video explaining why Omniduct does before/after videos of lean improvements
Great work, Graham!
Paul’s Super Smoothie
Paul Akers shows us everything he puts into his super smoothie that he has every day. He also walks us through the My Fitness Pal App that he uses to track his food intake and exercise.
Lean Eggs
Thomas Riner, of Fancy Hill Farms, sent us this video showing how he applied lean to making breakfast. He nailed it 100%!!! Great insight, great clarity, great example!
Do We Trust our People to make Lean Improvements?
Question: In practical application, what degree of control or oversight is in place governing the improvements employees may undertake on a daily basis, regardless of how large or small they may be? How to you prevent a runaway train? I understand that mistakes are ok and expected given that the greater good will prevail, just don’t quite grasp how you keep the rope tight on this issue.
Answer (from Paul Akers): We train of people like crazy. We have lean leads. We have expert lean implementers available for consultation.
Utilizing QR Codes for Standard Processes
Paul Akers demonstrates how FastCap uses QR Codes to help standardize their processes.
Lean Order Picking
Paul Akers demonstrates how FastCap uses a Mouse cart to quickly retrieve products to fulfill orders. For more information on the Mouse Cart, visit their website.
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Lean Pallet Jack Storage
Furnace MFG sent us this video showing how they keep their pallet jacks organized with FastCap’s SpeedTape.
For more information on this product, visit our website.
The American Innovator – Lean Roundtable #3 – How Engaged is Your Team
Paul Akers, of The American Innovator, moderates the third lean roundtable where this month’s discussion focuses on how engaged are your people? The panel is comprised of the following lean fanatics:
Michael Althoff of Yellotools
Ashley Bailey from Klime-Ezee
Bruce Ennis from Be Quality
Greg Glebe of Xylem Design
Loren Jones of Xylem Design
Nick Koceljl of Walters & Wolf
Ron Pereira of Gemba Academy
Joe Danko of SnapCab
Paul Akers of FastCap
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