The Dojo Jidoka

Paul Akers and the Leadership Team from the BI Group travel to Japan to further their education on Lean. Do you know Jidoka: automation with the human touch.

10.09.16 | Categories: *Contains Videos, Lean, Lean Organizations

The Dojo Kanban

Paul Akers and the Leadership Team from the BI Group travel to Japan to further their education on Lean. Do you take Kanbans seriously?

10.06.16 | Categories: *Contains Videos, Lean, Lean Organizations

The Dojo Process

Paul Akers and the Leadership Team from the BI Group travel to Japan to further their education on Lean. Do you regularly evaluate value added v. non-value added activities?

10.04.16 | Categories: *Contains Videos, Lean, Lean Organizations

1 Step 1 Second 1 Yen

Paul Akers and the Leadership Team from the BI Group travel to Japan to further their education on Lean. Are you saving every dollar that you can?

10.03.16 | Categories: *Contains Videos, Lean, Lean Organizations

2 Kinds of Kaizen

Paul Akers and the Leadership Team from the BI Group travel to Japan to further their education on Lean. Did you know there was two kinds of kaizen?

10.02.16 | Categories: *Contains Videos, Lean, Lean Organizations

Toyota in Mexico

We read this article in our Morning Meeting…

“A lack of automation also forces line workers to learn other TPS fundamentals, such as “poka-yoke,” devices or steps in the manufacturing process to prevent errors and defects, and “kaizen,” or continuous improvement.” Press here to read the entire article.

09.20.16 | Categories: FastCap, Morning Meeting

Japan YPO Day 3

On this week’s show, Paul Akers shares his experience on day 3 of his trip to Japan with YPO MXN-JAPAN 2016. They visited the Toyota TPS dojo training center and G.S. Electech.

YPO is the premier chief executive leadership organization in the world, representing a global community of leaders. For more information on YPO, visit their website.

For more information on G.S. Electech, visit their website.

08.27.16 | Categories:

DoJo Toyota Training Center

Working at the DoJo Toyota training center on the radiator assembling line.

03.08.16 | Categories: *Contains Videos, Lean, Lean Organizations