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.

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

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?

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?

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?

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.

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.

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