3rd Hand Mag Door | Poka-yoke

Truman uses Poka-yoke to make sure the 3rd Hand Magnetic Dust Barrier Door station stays Lean.

Ever notice how one small improvement leads to another, and another…

Lean starts in a public bathroom

Paul Akers discusses leaving public bathroom better then when he finds them. Show me what you do in the bathroom!

This is what exceptional leadership looks like

Are your employees making continuous improvement videos?

Why Lean Fails?

Do you delegate Lean? Then you’re bound to fail!

10.07.18 | Categories: *Contains Videos, Lean, Lean Organizations

10 years of waste | 2 Second Lean in China

Hugh shares with us 10 Years of waste in China. Are you fixing what bugs you?

10.05.18 | Categories: *Contains Videos, Lean, Lean Organizations

How many walls do you see?

My buddy, Brad Cairns, shared this article on the Woodworking Network blog. Brings back such good memories!!!

“If you are anything like me and, dare I say, most business owners, you are up before the birds trying desperately to get some work done before everyone gets to the shop and the rest of the day goes sideways. We don’t usually head home until the sun is going down or the necessity to eat overcomes our ability to work.

This is the million-dollar question, “How many walls do you see?” Not physically, but metaphorically.

It’s likely that you only see your four walls. For about 20 years I was no different. But then something amazing happened. I’d like to share that story with you.”

To read the entire article, press here.

10.04.18 | Categories: Lean, Lean Organizations

Lean Vacuum Bags

Greg and Tyler fixed what bugs them today by one simple and one less simple improvement to the woodshop vacuum.

Want to know the Kaizen Hat story?

Paul Akers tells the story of the Kaizen Hat and how it came to be! It is to honor the Japanese people for everything he has learned from them.

Lean Box Pallet

Lyle organizes the box pallet area and also adds a kanban. To learn more about kanbans, see this video.

09.30.18 | Categories: *Contains Videos, Kanban, Lean, Lean Fastcap