Thomas Riner, of Fancy Hill Farms, sent us this video where is discusses how reducing variance can reduce waste.

Question: We have taken on the 2SL journey tailored around FastCap version. I am one of our companies green belts and was hoping for some insight on how to come across to my peers on how to start 2SL journey in their own branches.

Paul’s Response: This is actually one of the easiest questions to answer. It is called “first pants then shoes sequence”. When we get dressed every morning we first put on our pants and then we put on our shoes. If we do it out of order, we will fail and we will be miserable and struggle.

You start lean by first “you getting really good at continuous improvement”. You will then become a magnet and everyone will be attracted to you and what you were trying to teaching. Lean will be much easy to explain and implement and you will have many people that will quickly want to join your team. The world loves excellence…think Michael Jordan!

On the other hand if you tell them they need to do it and you haven’t done it, you might as will put on your shoes on first and then put your pants on.

Credit for the analogy of pants then shoes goes to Matt Stodola from Excel Pacific builders. Matt is a highly accomplished builder and runs some of the best jobs I’ve ever seen. Matt also did a 30 second video with me last night, explaining that some people would rather not change they would prefer to keep hammering with a rock!

Thomas Riner, of Fancy Hill Farms, sent us this video showing how lean farming practices produce lean pig meat.

Paul Akers sends a greeting to Poolwerx in Australia who are well on their way on their lean journey. For more information on Poolwerx, visit their website.

Thomas Riner, of Fancy Hill Farms, sent us this video where he discusses overproduction.

William Bailey shows how you should leave things better than you found them… Even though it was him who created the mess!

For more information on lean, visit 2 Second Lean.

Paul Akers explains why FastCap has chosen to use stand up desks at their facility. It is all part of the lean culture!

PLEASE NOTE: we do not force our staff to stand…they can request a chair that works well with their stand up desk.

To order an inexpensive stand up desk kit, go to this link.

Chris, at Walters and Wolf, sent us this video showing how they straightened out their vinyl process. Great job!

For more information on lean, visit 2 Second Lean.

Paul Akers sends a welcome video to Boltz Construction…sharing a few of the things that he and Dave learned during their trip to Japan a month ago. Specifically, quality!!!

Ted Pancoast Woodworking sent us this video showing how they made some rolling tool chests for a cabinet installation tools using FastCap’s Kaizen Foam. Very nice!

For more information on FastCap’s Kaizen Foam, visit our website.