What is Lean? Paul Akers Answers
Hear how Paul Akers’ answers “What is lean?”
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3S and 5S Tips from Felipe at TORRE
Filipe offers six strategies for making 3S and 5S efforts more effective. 1) Remove shelves & drawers. 2) Create a junk box. 3) Create a question mark box. 4) Go to the source and ask why? 5) Do weekly 3S tours. 6) Do smaller “batches.”
Why 2 Second Lean Starts in the Bathroom – TORRE
Hear Felipe’s answer to why lean must “start in the bathroom” like Paul Akers says in 2 Second Lean.
How to Make Bigger Improvements
Paul Akers answers how to get everyone participating in the practice of creating standards and standardizing their work. At FastCap, this happens every day for a few minutes in the morning.
How to Trust People to Freely Make Improvements (3 Things)
Paul explains what’s required to trust people to freely make improvements at FastCap. 1) They train people like crazy. 2) They have identified and developed lean leads. 3) They have also identified skilled implementers who can support making and building lean improvements.
Tour at Northwest Podiatric Laboratory
Paul Akers speaks with Ruben & Laura at Northwest Podiatric Laboratory about their lean transformation. They are now using a one piece flow system instead of batching. Lead time has reduced about 50%. They do 3S daily and also have a daily meeting.
How to Get Everyone Involved with Standards
Paul Akers answers how to get everyone participating in the practice of creating standards and standardizing their work. At FastCap, this happens every day for a few minutes in the morning.
