“If it works in the break room – it’ll work anywhere,” Love that!

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This is Crazy…a Lean wall in Germany!!!!!

George Chrisman, of Walters & Wolf, sent us this video in which they used the lean concept of 5 s’ing (Sort/Straighten/Shine/Standardize/Sustain) to maintain their band saw area. At FastCap we’ve simplified 5 s’ing down to 3 s’ing: Sweep/Sort/Standardize!

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The new GA VSD+ compressor from Atlas Copco is manufactured on a lean production line. For more information on this organization, visit their website.

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Paul Akers show several examples of the waste of transportation. Do you think those poles could get any longer?

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Paul Akers, of The American Innovator, shares the talk he gave at the DRP Construction meeting on March 13, 2014 called “Lean Is Simple…With a Dash of Passion”.

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Every thought about what TSA is trying to accomplish? By posting a terrorist attack pictorial display, they have communicated it clearly.

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Paul gives a quick example of what standardization looks like in a lean manufacturing plant. Even though things are standardized people can still screwed it up if they’re not respectful of a reasonable process.

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Paul Akers does a comparison of cooking eggs and toast the traditional way verses using a toaster with an egg cooker built in. Nothing like going to the shop floor to do a lean comparison.

Kevin Chase, of Chase Plastics, sent us this video showing how lean is making a big difference at their organization. For more information on Chase Plastic, visit website.