May, 2015 | Paul Akers Website | Lean Books

Bridge Builder

January 13, 2016May 15, 2015 by Paul

Ken Allender, Owner or WILDWOOD CABINETRY, sent us this video. Wow, such a wonderful story.

Greetings to Wildwood Cabinetry

February 3, 2016May 15, 2015 by Paul

Paul Akers sends a lean greeting to the folks at Wildwood Cabinetry. For more information on Wildwood Cabinetry, visit their website.

Paul Akers finds out more from Dale, then Jon, then Phillip, and then Tino about the process used to help the trash get into the trash can every time at the FastCap facility in Ferndale, WA. We love our new facility and we want to keep it that way.

Nicolet Technical College Greeting

January 13, 2016May 13, 2015 by Paul

Paul Akers offers a greeting and advice to the students at Nicolet Technical College. For more information on on Nicolet Technical College, visit their website.

Christine Comaford – Smart Tribes

August 21, 2018May 13, 2015 by Paul

Paul Akers is at the Fortune Leadership Summit and shares a snippet of Christine Comaford talk. Christine is the author of Smart Tribes. For more information on her book go to this link.

3S Health Greeting

February 3, 2016May 11, 2015 by Paul

Paul Akers sends a greeting to the folks at 3S Health and encourage them on their lean journey.

PMI Conference Greeting

February 3, 2016May 11, 2015 by Paul

Paul Akers sends a greeting to the folks at the PMI Conference in Portland OR on May 22, 2015. For more information on this conference, visit their website.

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Lean Drilling

February 3, 2016May 9, 2015 by Paul

Paul Akers walks us through all the process improvement steps taken to eliminate waste in creating custom parts for a customer. Took the process down from 3 days to 8 hours!!!

The American Innovator – Japan – Day 2

January 31, 2020May 9, 2015 by Paul

Paul Akers, of The American Innovator, discusses what he learned on his second day of the Japan trip…a trip to study lean with Norman Bodek, who has published over 100 Japanese management books, and teaches the Best of Japanese management at Portland State University.

For more information on Norman Bodek, visit his website.

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Lean Toilet Cleaning

February 3, 2016May 9, 2015 by Paul

Paul Akers demonstrated how to clean the toilet at FastCap.