Lean Organizations
Creative use of SpeedTape
Brian Way, of BP Way, sent us this video showing how Robert used FastCap’s SpeedTape in a creative way to keep his level attached to laminate.
Lean Improvements – Keep it Simple!
Brian Sheldon, of Sheldon Woodworks, sent us this video showing how keeping it simple is important when you getting started in Lean.
Practicing Lean by Mark Graban
Practicing Lean is a collaborative eBook project initiated by and edited by Mark Graban, with Paul Akers as a contributor. If we keep practicing, we might get good at it eventually. Learn more about this eBook project at https://leanpub.com/practicinglean
Lean Screw Holes
Ben Hulme sent us this video and said, “Since watching your videos we’ve been seeing waste everywhere and been on a mission to get rid of it. Just one of our first small steps in the mission to eliminate waste.”
Where Have All The Lean Dreamers Gone?
Thomas Riner, of Fancy Hill Farms, sent us this article entitled Where Have All The Lean Dreamers Gone?. Love the way he thinks!!!
“…Where are all the Lean Dreamers? Instead of pouring millions or even billions into building larger planes where is the dreamer that is trying to build a smaller plane or working on reducing the size of a transportation device. Where is the dreamer who wants to see traveling from one place to another go to “single piece flow”? Can you see it? You go to the airport, but there are no large planes just small one seater or family size planes that fly at rapid speeds and can take you anywhere in the world….” To read the entire article, press here.
Teaching 3S Basics in Kazakhstan
Paul Akers talks about the 3 s’ing (Sweep, Sort, Standardize) they did at the window shop at BI Group in Kazakhstan.
Lean Edge Banding Station
Brian Way, of BP Way, sent us this video showing the lean edge banding station that he built. Excellent!
Brian used the following FastCap products in this video:
Fastedge
SpeedRollerPRO
Quad Trimmer
Flush Cut Trimmers
TriBlade Utility Knife
Power Shears
FastBreak Sander
Kaizen Foam
Kaizen Yourself
Filipe Marques, of Torre, sent us this video where his discusses that leans starts with yourself!!!
BI Group Crew
You Don’t Know Anything!
Paul discusses why he went on the Lean Leadership Institute Japan Study.