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Month: June 2018

Leaving it better than you found it

June 18, 2018 by Paul

Are you leaving things better than you found them? The folks at Decorquip show us how!

Categories *Contains Videos, Fix What Bugs You, Lean, Lean Organizations Tags Decorquip

2 Second Lean

June 17, 2018 by Paul

Kevin at Joseph A. Interiors / DeLeers Construction plugs 2 Second Lean. Thanks, Kevin!

Categories *Contains Videos, 2 Second Lean, Lean, Lean Organizations

Cambridge Welcomes Lean Expert Mr. Shingo

June 15, 2018 by Paul

Our good friends at Cambridge Engineering welcomed Mr. Ritsuo Shingo for a second time this Spring and we’re fortunate that they captured a video to share.

Categories *Contains Videos, Gemba, Lean, Lean Organizations Tags Cambridge Engineering, Ritsuo Shingo

Paying for improvements

June 14, 2018 by Paul

Paul Akers discusses the pitfalls of paying employees for improvements.

Categories *Contains Videos, Lean, Lean Fastcap

Is your work area set up for constant improvements?

June 13, 2018 by Paul

Gary LeClerc, of Renew Furniture, sent us this video showing how he Leaned out his Chop Saw Station.

Categories 2 Second Lean, eBlast, FastCap, FastCap Products, Lean, Lean Organizations Tags 10 Million Dolllar Stick, Best Fence, CatEye Safety Glasses, ChopSaw Saw Hood, FastPipe, Gary LeClerc, LED Saw Hood Light, Renew Gallery, Zero Clearance Tape

Lean Stud Finder

June 12, 2018 by Paul

Paul Akers uses FastCap’s 3rd Hand Magnetic Strip to help him find the studs in the wall. What a quick simple, Lean way to do this. For more information on FastCap’s 3rd Hand Magnetic Strip, visit our website.

Categories *Contains Videos, FastCap, FastCap Products, Fix What Bugs You, Lean, Lean Fastcap

Do you keep going and going and going?

June 11, 2018 by Paul

Categories 2 Second Lean, Lean, Lean Organizations Tags Thomas Riner

Have You Ever Seen A Farm That Wasn’t Junky?

June 10, 2018 by Paul

Thomas Riner, of Farming Outside the Box, shared this video discussing cleaning and organing farm supplies.

Categories *Contains Videos, 1 Piece Flow, Lean, Lean Farms Tags Thomas Riner

Are you making mistake almost impossible?

June 10, 2018 by Paul

Check out this Lean video from the guys at Pitt Meadows Plumbing. We watched this in our morning meeting.

Categories *Contains Videos, FastCap, Lean, Lean Organizations, Morning Meeting, Poka-yoke (mistake-proofing) Tags Pitt Meadows Plumbing

Toll Booth Precision

June 8, 2018 by Paul

Paul Akers discusses the precision of the toll booths in Japan.

Categories *Contains Videos, Fix What Bugs You, Lean, Lean Governments, Lean Organizations
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