Paul Akers gives us another example of how smaller portions makes a huge difference in how you feel during the day.

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Paul Akers discusses his strategy for lean eating by dishing out his food from Chipotle. Lean food could lead to leaner America!

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Paul Akers discusses his new theory in eating lean. He is using a small bowl for portion control and he is losing weight! Note that he also exercises regularly (and climbs mountains, too 🙂 For more information on lean, visit 2 Second Lean.

Paul Akers works with Heather to improve the process for the display of FastCap’s fastcap. A very simple solution for a long term struggle.

Paul Akers discusses the criteria for making an improvement: Safety, Quality, Simplicity, Speed. Then he and Alisha work together to make a lean improvement based on Simplicity.

Paul Akers, of The American Innovator, moderates the first of a monthly Lean Round Table with the following lean fanatics:
Michael Althoff of Yellotools
Ashley Bailey from Klime-Ezee
Bruce Ennis from Be Quality
Glenn Bostock of SnapCab
Greg Glebe of Xylem Design
Loren Jones of Xylem Design
Nick Kocelj of Walters & Wolf
Ron Pereira of Gemba Academy
Paul Akers of FastCap

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Paul Akers demonstrated how FastCap employee saved time and effort emptying the trash.

Paul,
I’d like to show you our version of the morning meeting here at Hagemeyer. It has changed this site and is one of the driving forces in changing this company. I’m amazed at how much it has turned us around. I would also like to introduce you to Joseph Lines. Joseph was promoted to Lean Manager this year due to his outstanding performance with Lean and his ability to see the benefits when most of us were still struggling with this change for the company. He is the one responsible for introducing your 2 Second Lean system to our organization. I then took what he showed me with your success and introduced the morning meeting to our organization. In the last few months, Joseph and I have worked very closely to bring to our company what your mentoring has brought to us, which is that Lean is all about the people. Once we realized this, and now have shown the results of shifting to this Lean Culture and to this Growing People Culture, it is taking the company by storm. I think I speak for both of us when I say that we owe so much to you, and the lessons you have shown us. Joseph has created our own YouTube channel, Lean Your Machine – HNA, where we are starting to post our own videos, as well as links to others. It’s in its infancy stages, but we couldn’t agree with you more that making videos is a very powerful tool in showing Lean. Please take a look and let us know what you think. We look forward to hearing from you!

Thanks,
Scotty Wofford
Storeroom Manager
Hagemeyer North America
Fayetteville DuPont Plant

Chris Green, of Walters & Wolf, sent us this video showing their creative (lean) solution to spotting inventory that is stored up high on racks. Sometime the lean solution is a simple solution!

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Thomas Riner, of Fancy Hill Farms, sent us this video and said. “I also wanted you to know that you have inspired me to start a YouTube channel called Farming Outside The Box. It is a channel for documenting farming innovation, lean on the farm, and old school farming. Its in the very early stages but I’m excited about it.”

Love that lean can be applied anywhere. Thanks Thomas! Keep up the great work. We’ll be checking your channel periodically for innovative videos!!!