“If it works in the break room – it’ll work anywhere,” Love that!

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George Chrisman, of Walters & Wolf, sent us this video in which they used the lean concept of 5 s’ing (Sort/Straighten/Shine/Standardize/Sustain) to maintain their band saw area. At FastCap we’ve simplified 5 s’ing down to 3 s’ing: Sweep/Sort/Standardize!

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The new GA VSD+ compressor from Atlas Copco is manufactured on a lean production line. For more information on this organization, visit their website.

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Paul Akers show several examples of the waste of transportation. Do you think those poles could get any longer?

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Paul Akers, of The American Innovator, shares the talk he gave at the DRP Construction meeting on March 13, 2014 called “Lean Is Simple…With a Dash of Passion”.

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Every thought about what TSA is trying to accomplish? By posting a terrorist attack pictorial display, they have communicated it clearly.

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Paul gives a quick example of what standardization looks like in a lean manufacturing plant. Even though things are standardized people can still screwed it up if they’re not respectful of a reasonable process.

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Paul Akers, of The American Innovator, goes out at 5:30 a.m. to capture beautiful Whatcom County in the great Pacific Northwest in all her glory.

Paul captured these images using his PJ790 Sony, Cannon SX50 HS with 50x lens, and Fastcap’s iPole and FastCam (Action Camera). Please Note: The FastCam has been discontinued.

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On this week’s show, we honor Louis Zamperini, who passed away on July 2, 2014, at the age of 97.  Back in February, 2011, Paul Akers and Jon Lussier’s had the opportunity to interview Mr. Zamperini on The American Innovator radio show.   This week we replay that interview.

Louis Zamperini is one of America’s greatest heroes. An Olympic runner and WWII POW, his life story was written by Pulitzer Prize winning author, Laura Hillenbrand (author of “Seabiscuit”) in the book “Unbroken”. Louis was blessed with not only an extraordinary personal will to succeed and an amazing gift of athleticism and talent, but with the power to find it within himself to forgive. The story of how Louis Zamperini was able to ultimately triumph over those who subjected him to his darkest hours is a tale you will never forget.

Paul Akers does a comparison of cooking eggs and toast the traditional way verses using a toaster with an egg cooker built in. Nothing like going to the shop floor to do a lean comparison.