Quality and Steel

Paul Akers discusses The Isuzu Group…a very visionary company. We can all learn from their operational excellence! Pay attention to the 60 second changing of the die!

11.18.16 | Categories: Lean, Lean Organizations

Change your View!

Paul Akers discusses how with Lean you constantly need to change your view. The most important improvement you can make is the improvement you can make right now.

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[In Russian]

Some ideas you may or may not want to try at home!

11.16.16 | Categories: 2 Second Lean, Lean, eBlast

Quality Seen and Unseen

Paul Akers visits a Kawada Industries job site and discusses their precision and efficiency…even on items unseen.

11.15.16 | Categories: Lean, Lean Organizations

Amazing Cell Design

Paul Akers discusses a magical cell design in a Japanese company.

11.14.16 | Categories: Lean, Lean Organizations

Lean Signage

Chris Hotze, of Crescere Capital Management, sent us this video showing how simple KPI’s can help standardize their mall signs.

11.13.16 | Categories: Lean, Lean Organizations

Can a shopping mall be Lean?

Paul Akers walks us through a Lean shopping center in Japan. Not only do they practice Lean, they teach their renters to practice Lean!

11.12.16 | Categories: Lean, Lean Organizations

Is your Sushi Lean?

Paul Akers takes us along to a Sushi restaurant in Japan…and it is Lean!

More improvements

Giving the customer what they want

Lean Elevator

Paul discusses the continuous flow elevator he ran into in Germany. So efficient.

11.10.16 | Categories: Lean, Lean Travel

Don’t be a key hater!

11.09.16 | Categories: 2 Second Lean, Lean, eBlast