The American Innovator – En Route to Ngorongoro Crater

Paul Akers, of The American Innovator broadcast, begins his journey to Africa by way of Dubai and ending at the magical Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania. This is just the first of many videos that Paul will be sharing over the next couple of months, so stay tuned!

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Getting Started Energy

Paul, We are having a Great time with Lean here. We are just getting started with it and the energy it has created is outstanding. In a couple of weeks we already have lean improvements all over our facilities. I am excited because next week we have a couple of managers from our California facility coming in and I am going to share with them Lean! I am certain they will take this back with them and implement it.

Lean has changed how I think about everything I do.

Thanks for all your help!

08.23.13 | Categories: *Contains Videos, Lean Organizations

Men’s Room Waste

Andrew Field, of Printing For Less, sent us this video of his simple, but effective lean fix in the bathroom.

08.23.13 | Categories: *Contains Videos, Lean Organizations

Lean Hypocrite

Paul Akers get caught with all sorts of unorganized junk in his car…but uses it as an opportunity to clean it up with FastCap’s Kaizen Foam. For more information on this product, visit our website.

Lean Wood Chopping

Now this is lean!!! We watched this during our Morning Meeting.

For more information on lean, visit 2 Second Lean.

08.22.13 | Categories: *Contains Videos, Lean, Lean Homes

VPI Quality Windows Getting Lean

Hi Paul, our company is in Spokane (VPI Quality Windows) and we just started to take in your website and I bought 20 copies of your book. We make vinyl windows. My husband and I have been in the business for about 20 year and as of about Monday, we are getting all in with 2 Second Lean, while also trying to read Toyota Kata. Tonight I listened to the whole 53 minutes of your interview with Art Byrne, which was fantastic. Way to go! You are awesome, and we are following you!
Muriel Blevins

08.20.13 | Categories: *Contains Videos, Lean Organizations

The American Innovator – Greg Glebe, Pt 2

Paul Akers, of The American Innovator broadcast, continues his interview with Greg Glebe of Xylem Design about his lean journey. For more information on Xylem Design, visit their website. For more information on Pedestal Source, visit their website. For more information on The American Innovator, visit our website.

Lean Shop Vac

Kary, originally a FastCap intern and now on FastCap staff, demonstrates how to eliminate the frustration of dragging the floppy hose on the shop vac. He uses FastCap FastWrap to solve this problem. For more information on this product, visit our website.

Organizing Turning Jaws

Matthew sent us this video stating, “No more hassle finding,getting or putting away the jaws needed for our turning machines. We found a cabinet of drawers that was no longer being used so we repurposed them, added kaizen foam and labeled each drawer with the correct sizes. Just by simply organizing and moving them to a more accessible area has made our job easier, faster and more enjoyable. Continual improvement and fixing what bugs us will only help us to stay the leaders in our industry.”

For more information on Kaizen Foam, visit out <a href=”http://www.fastcap.com/estore/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=13435″ title=”fastcap kaisen foam” target=”_blank”>website</a>.

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Fruit Loops Lean

Paul Akers discusses what takes place when employees are not empowered or interested in solving problems. A key to understanding lean is learning to see waste!

08.12.13 | Categories: *Contains Videos, Lean Organizations