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James says thanks!
James from Outside the Music Box says thanks! If you don’t know about him, you need to learn more!!!
Lean Chop Saw Station
Gary LeClerc, of Renew Furniture, sent us this video showing how he Leaned out his Chope Saw with the following FastCap Products. Cool!
Best Fence
ChopShop Saw Hoods
LED Saw Hood Light – replaced with Flex Light
10 Million Dollar Stick
CatEyes Glasses
Zero Clearance Tape
Fastpipe
Paul’s Year End Message
Paul Akers reviews 2016 and realizes that failure is the platform for innovation.
Lean Conference Room
“Jay Ruth applied the principles of 2 second lean in our conference room today by installing our frequently used items into Kaizen Foam.”
Cool Lean Service Truck
Check out Brandon Odom super cool Lean Truck!
FastCap Products used:
Kaizen Foam
Holey PowerMags
Long Term ROI
Paul Akers discusses long term ROI for FastCap. Depends on how it support up creating a high quality, just in time product for our customers.
A Note from Paul to the FastCap Team
Hi FastCap Team,
I know many of you think I’m crazy and that it is impossible for each one of you to do twice as much, or double your productivity, but I promise you it’s not only possible, it’s easy. The best part is it does not mean that you’re going to have to work harder, but you will actually work with more ease, enjoyment, and satisfaction in the way you do your job.
– First step is you must fully understand the amount of waste that surrounds each one of us.
– Second step is you must apply lean principles to everything you do & every breath you take.
– Third step is each one of you must set a big hairy audacious goal … a seemingly impossible goal like doubling your productivity by March 1, 2017….
Thanks
Paul
The Good Experiment
We watched this in our morning meeting. This is why we do what we do!
Brave Innkeeper of “The Bulge”
We read this article in our morning meeting. Paul and Leanne were at this hotel where the eight Americans were killed. This is a powerful story of bravery and heroism. Reggie, their guide from Belgium provided this article as additional background to the story he told them.
The Folly of MBWA
Paul Akers, the president of FastCap, commits to regularly visiting the front lines of his company as part of his leader standard work. But don’t confuse this commitment for “management by walking around” (MBWA). Akers does it as much (or more) for his own edification than for the training of his employees. Press here to read more of the article by Dan Markovitz of Markovitz Consulting.