Paul Akers shows us everything he puts into his super smoothie that he has every day. He also walks us through the My Fitness Pal App that he uses to track his food intake and exercise.

Thomas Riner, of Fancy Hill Farms, sent us this video showing how he applied lean to making breakfast. He nailed it 100%!!! Great insight, great clarity, great example!

Question: In practical application, what degree of control or oversight is in place governing the improvements employees may undertake on a daily basis, regardless of how large or small they may be? How to you prevent a runaway train? I understand that mistakes are ok and expected given that the greater good will prevail, just don’t quite grasp how you keep the rope tight on this issue.

Answer (from Paul Akers): We train of people like crazy. We have lean leads. We have expert lean implementers available for consultation.

Paul Akers demonstrates how FastCap uses QR Codes to help standardize their processes.

Paul Akers demonstrates how FastCap uses a Mouse cart to quickly retrieve products to fulfill orders. For more information on the Mouse Cart, visit their website.

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Furnace MFG sent us this video showing how they keep their pallet jacks organized with FastCap’s SpeedTape.

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Paul Akers, of The American Innovator, moderates the third lean roundtable where this month’s discussion focuses on how engaged are your people? The panel is comprised of the following lean fanatics:

Michael Althoff of Yellotools
Ashley Bailey from Klime-Ezee
Bruce Ennis from Be Quality
Greg Glebe of Xylem Design
Loren Jones of Xylem Design
Nick Koceljl of Walters & Wolf
Ron Pereira of Gemba Academy
Joe Danko of SnapCab
Paul Akers of FastCap

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Paul Akers speaks with Chris Burnham on the Lean Leadership Podcast.

Come to the shop floor and experience 2 Second Lean like you’ve never seen before. Lukas explains to Paul Akers how he shaved the process of making SpeedTape from 2 hours to 40 minutes!

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Thomas Riner, of Fancy Hill Farms, sent us this video and we thought it would be perfect to share on Earth Day!!!

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