Building New FastCap Facility (time lapse)

Paul Akers takes us on a time lapse journey through FastCap’s new facility.

09.16.13 | Categories: *Contains Videos, Lean, Lean Fastcap

Lean Cindy Crawford (Super Lean Wife!)

Paul Akers introduces us to Gordon and Cindy Crawford, and Gordon explains why his wife is so lean! For more information on lean, visit

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

Lean Apartment

The tiny transforming apartment that packs eight rooms into 350 square feet! So impressive!

Morning Meeting Visitor

Paul – GREAT meeting this morning, thank you for letting me be a part of your team for a bit. Most enjoyable items for me were:

  • Cleaning!
  • Openness in looking for problems, asking why 5 times and getting to the root problem, and how to improve.
  • Going through the 8 wastes using real life scenarios.
  • Being aware of your surroundings (zebras and crocs – what a brutal, but motivating video).

A fun saying that goes with survival:

“Each day, a gazelle wakes up knowing he must outrun the fastest lion to survive. Each day the lion wakes up and knows he must outrun the slowest gazelle to survive. For us, that means every day, when the sun comes up, we better be running!”

You have an awesome culture there, open, honest, hardworking, not afraid, humble, and ready to work. Simply, put, you have an AWESOME team there!

The best is yet to come!

Fred Kennedy
General Manager
Pioneer Post Frame Inc

09.13.13 | Categories: Lean News

Viking Academy

Paul,

Just letting you know that I appreciate the email updates and links to the American Innovator. Also, I have no problem helping out people in our region that may reach out to you looking for some words of encouragement or knowledge / experience sharing.

Things are going well here. We just graduated our 3rd class of Viking Academy. These folks received some more targeted training in 2 second lean and cultural change to augment what is shared at our drumbeats. It’s a rewarding process. Lots of hard work, but rewarding. The group that recently graduated includes operators, material handlers, mold setup, customer service, program management, and our operations manager. It was a diverse group and allowed us to break down barriers between departments and through levels within the organization.

Have a great weekend. Travel safely.
Shawn
Viking Plastics

09.12.13 | Categories: Lean News

Learn to See Tour – Omni Duct

Paul Akers takes us along on the Lean to See Tour for Omni Duct. For more information on FastCap, visit our website. For more information on Lean, visit 2 Second Lean.

09.05.13 | Categories: *Contains Videos, Lean, Lean Fastcap

Why We Clean in the Morning

Paul Akers talks with the FastCap staff about why they clean each morning. Reasons: work efficiently, better for customer, make the rest of the day easier, eliminates mistakes, addresses abnormalities, shows respect, to make improvements, messy breed messy, eliminate distractions, and so we can EAT PEANUT BUTTER. For more information on lean, visit 2 Second Lean.

09.04.13 | Categories: *Contains Videos, Lean, Lean Fastcap

Lean Kids 4×4 Charger

Ashley, of Klime-Ezee, submitted this video saying, “We always seem to end up with un-identified battery charges… here’s an easy solution!”

For more information on FastCap’s Holey FastWrap, visit our website.

For more information on lean, visit 2 Second Lean.

Great Use For PowerMags

Dave West, of Meadowview Construction, sent us this video showing us a very creative use of FastCap’s PowerMags to quickly pick up loose nails or screws. For more information on this product, visit our website.

Cheesecake Factory

We watched this in FastCap’s morning meeting. Great innovative company!

08.28.13 | Categories: Lean News