Lean Manufacturing: The Path to Success with Paul Akers (Pt. 1)
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- Have you ever heard of lean manufacturing? Would you believe that lean principles can turn your business and your life around in just 2-seconds a day?
Lean manufacturing is the key to decreased inventory cost and increased margins. Lean management decreases waste and improves the quality of your products.
Paul Akers is an expert in lean principles. In this interview with UpFlip, he shares how to integrate the principles of lean manufacturing by making a simple daily 2-second change. These lean manufacturing examples will change your business for the better and can be used to change your life as well!
Paul Akers is the author of the world-renowned book, 2 Second Lean: How to Grow People and Build a Fun Lean Culture, an innovator, TedX talker, international speaker, award-winning business owner, and adventure seeker. His business and personal life is Lean.
Yours can be, too. In this interview, Paul Akers shares principles, concepts, and routines for Lean business culture and lifestyle to change your business and personal life in infinitely positive ways.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:49 Introducing FastCap
3:06 What Lean Manufacturing Is
8:11 Product Cells and Combine Cards
9:42 Tools To Implement Lean Manufacturing
12:52 Making Improvements and Cleaning
14:11 People With OCD
16:09 Top Three Problems A Lean Culture Can Solve
17:29 Customer Relations and Employee Testimonial
18:56 Color-Coded Order Papers
22:35 Discovering The Idea Of Being Lean
24:40 FastPipe Cart
26:56 Implementation Of Lean Manufacturing
27:57 Product and Inventory
29:20 Making Work Easier
31:23 Outro
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Thanks so much for watching! Have you ever heard of lean manufacturing? Let us know in the comments below.
Have always heard of this as someone who supports Lean methodology in software, but have never seen in action. pretty cool!
Awesome! Hopefully you can take tips from this video and are able to apply it in your daily life :)
@@Carhug2012 Thats amazing to hear! We're glad that it had such a profound impact on your life and business. Great example!
@@Carhug2012 Thank you for the kind words!
Thank you!
I am a student of industrial engineering , i took a course of motion and time study and that was when i first heard about the lean concept , but this video actually delivered a comprehensive overview of the lean manufacturing system and i now have a better and a deeper understanding of how lean actually works! Thanks a lot
That's awesome! I'm happy to hear that you found this video to be very thorough and helpful on the concept.
Im a graduate industrial engineer and I feel like non of this lean thing makes sense , Will u please chat with me and explain some of it
@@JamesBond-fz7du Get yourself "The Toyota Way" by Jeffery Liker. That book should get you one foot in Lean thinking.
"...just because I'm the boss doesn't give me the right to come in and destroy someones' work area." This is totally amazing. There's no word better than respect to describe that. This is by far the best video i've ever watched about Lean. Thank you for sharing it.
30 seconds of waiting IS value in itself if the customer enjoys the environment, like a nice a cozy café.
This is by far the best talk on lean I have ever listened to!
We're glad to hear that, Paul Akers is truly an expert!
I have worked at organizations across North America that are renowned for Lean excellence. I have also had the privilege of visiting Paul's business (FastCap) numerous times. FastCap beats them all. These videos are a great teaching tool and an inspiration. Thanks Paul.
Wow, how awesome! He truly is an expert in all things lean. We're glad you find value in our videos :)
2 Second Lean started our company on the path to Lean Manufacturing. Every meaningful advance here comes from us adopting the concepts we first learned from Paul. Eliminating waste, building a culture of mutual respect, constant improvement became the core values of our company. When we began, Paul took the time to speak with me several times via Skype while we got our footing, then lost our footing and found it again.
I love Paul's and Fast Caps videos. I was able to "downsize" my 6000sq/ft shop to about an 800sq/ft shop while increasing my throughput and profit. So many good lessons.
Wow, that's amazing! That's the power of lean!
I have met only a handful of people in my travels to 13 countries who truly understand lean manufacturing. I would say Paul is the most enthusiastic that I have ever seen. You're an inspiration Paul.
How interesting! And yes, he's definitely very inspirational!
I have a long story, but the short of it is I trained and operated with a lean manufacturing mindset when it was fairly new to the US. I have been out of it for a long time (that is the long story). I worked with several factories producing 100's of millions of dollars using lean to the level Paul is demonstrating with a much higher success rate in all measurements over fancy computer systems the other divisions implemented. Even though the corporation was all profit $$$$$ driven the most successful business units were driven by these principles Paul talks to, including RESPECT. "Just because I'm the boss doesn't give me the right to come in and destroy anyone else's work area." Paul Akers. This interview has excited me again. Many things and ideas are coming back to me. Explosive, I am excited!!! Thank you!!
Best video so far! You can tell that Paul knows what he's talking about. Got a lot of useful information from this video and I'm definitely going to apply lean in my personal and business life. Can't wait for part 2.
We're glad you liked it! Paul definitely knows what hes talking about! True expert in all things lean!
Paul described the lean philosophy beautifully. It was so nice to watch it. I want to contribute something to the definition of lean. Lean indeed is not a manufacturing system, it is an education system which aims to teach better thinking. It is a way to discover problems and resolve them.
We'll be releasing a new video with Paul Akers in a week or so, he shares some more amazing thoughts!
I like that you can also apply this in your life! Paul is amazing!
Yes! The concept of lean isn't only relevant in the business sector, it is equally as important in our daily lives!
One of the best video detailing lean manufacturing!! giving much more clearity on implicating it. Thankyou amazing work 👍🏼
I am an undergraduate in Supply Chain Management and we were taught about lean manufacturing under the degree program. Although, I could not get a right understanding about that concept until I watched this video. Actually, you guys gave us a comprehensive idea on how lean concept is applied in practical terms. So thank you very much and wish you all the best to do more videos like this.
I'm very impressed by this man in every way. I love his way of thinking. Great lessons here,
We agree! Thank you for your comment.
VERY intriguing method! Just because we're willing, just because we're "qualified" or "experienced ", doesn't mean these principles are being executed. I'm a fairly new manufacturing manager and would love for my company to adopt this mindset! Looking forward to viewing part 2 and digging much deeper! Thanks for the share!
So many great principles that ill make sure to apply to my business. Thank you Paul!
We're glad you found this video useful. Its a game changer!
I love this man. He is enthusiastic and good at explaining the Lean Principle.
Very inspiring!
Came here from Pakman, good to see a channel that focuses on traditional small business rather than just tech startups. Very interesting.
Glad to have you here!
Participation.... Is a wonderful way of doing things Just in Time. I enjoy your teaching on Lean Manufacturing & Marketing... Thank you.
First I want to thank you for these great videos and second I want to felicitate you for this incredible job. This third thing is: I got a job as a QC Tech, in a company that's small but jumping so fast in growth, they have waste ( time waste) but they're not aware of, and me by instinct I can sometimes identify it sometimes it's couple of minutes sometimes is an hour. The shop floor is disorganized if someone is coming from outside this company or even from inside he can get lost in components boxes, product in process, and finished orders. The second waste ( materials) in 80% of cases we can prevent it if we have a vigilant worker who cares about the quality, and the reason behind this lack of motivation is that there is a lack of respect and we don't offer a value to everybody's idea and effort. So almost all workers are just waiting for 4.30pm or Friday.
I stressed out these questions and problems to the manager and I want to implement lean, but I have not a solid background in that, I have law background not even in management or industry. But I feel I have lean by instinct I'm always keeping my house clean and keep only what I need to use even when I want to cook I clean everything before I do that. So what do you think and from where I need to start? How I can convince the team or the workers to come up with ideas to make that place enjoyable for all of us because I believe if we're comfortable in our work place we can do more and give more, I hope you take my comment in consideration or anyone here who can give an advice, I would be thankful. Thanks a lot
I've seen lots of lean manufacturing clips on youtube. Most of them are about the theory itself. This video is so great that you can see every lean tool used in the workshop and why they're in need. Good job!
Glad you liked it!
I LOVE THIS. "The minute it's not effortless... YOU FIX IT!" YES. EXACTLY!
Thank Christoher. Glad you enjoyed! Have you checked out some of our other videos?
This video makes me proud of being an Industrial engineer and a lean thinker.
I have worked in the lean manufacturing environment in Texas for about 10 years building Cabinetry and countertops! It's hard to explain you don't realize you're being mean but it just ends up becoming a way of life I routinely showed up to work 30 minutes early it even starts before I leave my home. The last time I build commercial Cabinetry for the salon industry was in 2013. Since then I have been building templates and doing the field measurements for countertop companies doing Natural Stone. I just took a position as a bench Carpenter for a Millwork company after being out of the game for about 7 years! I just want to say it's extremely tough to transition to a company that does not use the five s's of lean manufacturing!
Looking forward to hearing more from Paul!
Part 2 will be uploaded next week. Stay tuned!
I am falling in love with lean
Living lean is an amazing way to approach life.
The level of engineering and innovation showcased here is truly impressive. I was captivated from start to finish, watching the incredible machines being designed and built with such precision and skill. The attention to detail and the passion for their craft is evident in every aspect of this video. It's amazing to see how Armbruster Engineering pushes the boundaries of what's possible.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. We're glad to hear that you found this video impressive!
Love the lean concept didn't want to stop watching :), love what your doing with upflip researching about businesses and all different questions and advise on how to improve or start up and the struggles. I found your videos and doing a all nighter it's hard to stop watching all the videos so addictive hehe. Especially the lean videos should find more like Joe's which had implemented it. Thanks keep up the great work. Oh and I bought the audiable lean book.
Thank you, this means a lot! We're glad you like the videos. The lean book will definitely change your perspective!
Thank u Japan for educating us we were just lost without ur wisdom
After watching this I realise I was introduced to LEAN by people that don't understand it. Thanks for posting this.
Hi ! I'm a French engineering student in production management, as it I'm learning and experiencing what is Lean management, manufacturing, thinking. One question came to my mind while I was working on Lean manufacturing in small and mid size company was : how to perpetuate Lean in this particular companies ?
This video answered me a lots of it I think. Here are a the key points I want to keep in mind :
- You are not working for profit but for a customers with needs (JIT)
- You are working as a team with respect, keeping the quality of life at its best, and the will of solving problems.
- You want to see the problems, see the waste, 3S'ing will benefit this even in the long term.
- Last but not least, all of this points touches ALL collaborators, from the direction to the operators.
Thank you for this video and amazing talk from Paul Akers. It realy inspires me and motivates me to, my turn, inspire, lead and motivate people.
Those are some very good points. Glad you enjoyed the video!
Best learning experience from amazing thinker, I always think that things are so bad in our society for selfishness lack of awareness, common sense is not that common, after watching this video I’m going to star by doing arrangements in my closets and refrigerator, thank you for sharing knowledge
Great to here! We're so glad to know that our videos have such a positive impact on people!
I have watched this 10 times and learn something brew every time!! Thank you!!
I have and a huge supporter of lean. I’m a certified Lean Leader and translate lean manufacturing into processes in a digital and physical world. Through processes, data, forms, software and hardware you can implement lean and 5S with anything!
Its so true! We've started to implement lean in all aspects of our lives!
Do you have some recommendations on qualifications for me to achieve? Do you know of any resources on digital lean? Thank you :)
We all try to do this , to implement this more or less in our businesses but this guy put a name on it and made it a law in his company and took it to extreme , impressive concept
For me those words like: " Value - first, give some quality to your customer" change my mind. It's better to create when you first thinking about what is the reason you just do it. Thanks for this video!
Well said Denis!
Worth spending time watching this video. A very practical implication of lean. Thanks for sharing these valuable on insights with factory tour 👏🏽
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent video, thank you for putting together and educating those of us interested in LEAN.
Our pleasure!
Best video so far. Lean is exciting and the way of thinking is infectious.
Glad you liked it, we got a lot more content coming! Lean is very exciting!
Amazing video man, was very well documented!
You always have great videos. Full of practical knowledge. No useless hype just to sell the video or click baits. I like your style or interviews.
Thank you for sharing this video, I liked the custom bin that you can just slide the parts from the work ben instead of leaning down and pick up the parts from the floor, put in the work ben, the put them down again…I will for sure apply that cool method to my work!!! Thank you!
I've spent almost 40 years in industry. Paul Akers is telling the absolute truth. It baffles me as to why more people don't listen to him.
maybe because he talks like an angry old man slightly off his rockers
Excellent talk!
Simple, honest and transparent way of showing Lean Manufacturing
It's precious to hear about the improvements directly from the employees! That's what Lean is about
Congratulations!
Any company that is guided by an individual this excited about their work and their life will be wildly successful, and will make money by default.
12:43, cut drilling time in half, by drilling 2 holes at a time.----- Paul is great man!
Its amazing what a little ingenuity can accomplish!
My first job was in a Japanese company, I studied there for 1 year and worked for 3 more years. I've got an exceptional knowledge about TPS and when I studied production engineering I realized that the biggest knowledge that I acquired was in my years working in that company even better than the university.
J'en ai vu des vidéos sur le lean mais celle ci est de loin la meilleure.
👏👏👏👌
I first heard of Lean Manufacturing during my Automotive Engineering degree I can admit that I only fully understood it when I started working for Nissan Manufacturing and I encourage students to take on work placements
14:20 - 15:40 by far my fav part, to be lean is to be efficient. Having OCD help because u fixate on the small details in my humble opinion. This video is awesome! :)
OCD can most definitely help in any business.
Great video!
Gotta figure out ways to use these efficiency "Lean" processes in my Online business.
And i also gotta find a use for my useless feet lol. I really love the way they decided to make a Pedal for many things for the Increased Leanness.
Definitely gotta think some efficiency ways up.
Thanks for the video!
Glad you liked the video! I'm sure you'll be able to see many improvements you can make in your business and many ways you can apply Lean.
This show is highly valuable for anyone in production or manufacturing. Thanks guys!
Glad you love this video! Your appreciation means a lot to us and motivates us to continue producing content like this. Do you have a business topic you want to see next on the channel? 🤔
Great video and I agree with almost everything that was said except 1 thing. The entire premise of Lean, Shingo, 5S, continuous improvement, and process optimization is to improve profit. Yes all the things he said are also true about a better work environment, happy workers, smoother function etc. but that all leads to better profits
Well said! Thanks for watching and sharing.
Thank you 🙏 for the kindness to impart the beautiful knowledge
You're very welcome!
Love this video! Definitely one of the best yet!
Thank you. We're glad you liked this and can't wait for you to see part 2!
I'm trying to implement LEAN practices in my workshop, I have a long way to go but ill get there
Awesome video!! It really shows what lean manufacturing is about.
Great insights from Paul, thank you for sharing!
Glad it was helpful!
Best yet. Excited for part 2!
We're glad you liked :)
And all of his books are online for free at PaulAkers.Net. He has PDF versions or audiobooks on CZcams
Yes! Thanks for sharing this.
This interview is incredible. I am definitely applying lean to my life lol and when I start my business.
Probably the best video you guys made! Also love how Paul talks about the lean concept and how practical it is in our everyday lives and not just for business owners! Thanks for the great ideas
Thanks! And agreed. The concept of lean is equally as important in our daily lives, not just in business.
Lean is all about people, process, and product. Human potential is the most overlooked resource in many companies. Too many companies apply technology to bad processes and blame the technology for not improving the bottom line. I discovered Paul Akers and FastCap several month's ago. It is inspiring to see the impact on other small to mid-size companies around the world.
This video is so great that you can see every lean tool used in the workshop and why they're in need. Good job! I still see opportunities to improve. Mostly because there is no software in place. Lots of software solutions apply the Lean process to manufacturing and eliminate manual tasks. Data is critical to improving process flow. Paper can only ever be in one location at a time. Still, the concepts discussed in this video are very valuable.
Have you heard about Solvace? It's a great software to implement operacional excellence in manufacturing. It enables collaboration across all teams and shows real-time data to unlock actionable insights into inefficiencies impacting operational results. Have some usabillities stuff that could be better, but in general is very good and effective
I remember a few years ago wrapping stacked boxes at an Amazon facility. It probably took about a minute or so. I would imagine they now use those machines that you showed in your video. Much more efficient.
For sure! It's great to see large companies like Amazon implementing more efficient, time saving, and money saving techniques.
This is so inspiring, did show this video for a few colleagues at work. Hopefully taking small steps we will get LEAN culture and implement as much as possible
An amazing owner and an amazing working environment. So beautiful
Hey Khanh! Thanks for watching!
You explained this topic well!
Paul did a great job! I hope the examples shown were of help too.
Awesome video im a Product designer interning at a bicycle manufacturing company in the UK, my main focus will be decreasing waste (lean manufacturing). This video is super helpful thanks!
Best of luck Nathan! Thanks for the kinds words and do keep us updated on your career journey.
Amazing. Good content and highly motivating.
This is what I was looking for for convince manufacturing and greater ease of work what a person need for production which increases efficiency, Quality of products and interest of the manufacturer.
Glad we can help!
I had excellent experience after seeing this video
I'll definitely recommend your channel to some of my students who work in the same area of work as you...
Wow, thanks! We're hoping they are able to take value from our channel and videos!
This seems to me like the same concepts that I've heard with "Profit First." You're always looking to make your profits - do something that will make you money, rather than just being productive. Productive doesn't cut it. You have to be doing money making activities, not busy work! Thanks!
Agreed! Being productive is great but what's the point when it doesn't make you money? Work smarter, not harder!
No. 27:45 is a great reminder. This is about respect, quality of life, solving problems. Profit is a secondary benefit.
@@Lowcountryyankee THIS; People over profits
Great video! I have worked with LM a bit in some 25 or so plants.
Paul is my hero.
BRASIL - Assisti e gostei muito do conteúdo, e é muito gratificante ver como o LIAN MANUFACTURING faz muita diferença nos processos, parabéns pelo conteúdo...
Thanks for sharing.
Simply Amazing
I once worked for a. Window manufacturer was somewhat similar I learned how to work together. Plus we had freedom. We knew what to do to fix the problems I never found another place to work like it we were happy to work .
What an amazing video! Nice work Paul and team.
Glad you enjoyed it!
This place reminds me of the episode of "Adam ruins everything" where he shows work environments that the boss thinks is "Fun" yet employees are really not having fun.
Its extremely hard to make people actually have fun at work. Its not supposed to be fun. Its supposed to create a culture of purpose and self management in the work areas.
@@adamh8368 yeah I'd rather work in a place where I don't have to think "this is stupid why do we have to do it this way" and never be able to get that fixed
@@elurocks13579 Hope you don't join the military :D
@@elurocks13579 Because someone higher up made the decision and thats the way its done.
WTF is a kombon and why the fuck does it go in a specific spot above my ahead when I am working on something? Who cares... but I bet you I crush out the most of those kombons a day compared to everyone else.
No need to question everything.
I'm getting some odd vibes along those lines, but the Power dynamic of Boss vs Worker (as opposed to a Union / Workplace Democracy etc) is a separate problem than Wasteful Manufacturing/Organization Practices (as opposed to Lean Manufacturing). So i guess that is a valid take, but irrelevant to the concept of lean manufacturing. I hope my rambling makes sense aaaaa
I’m an engineer for a Toyota supplier. Just in time saved a lot of money for Toyota but they expect tier one and under to build all the inventory ready to go months ahead. We have a huge warehouses near Toyota plants and we are only tier one.
Great enthusiasm! Process control has some work! Definitely some opportunity in the drill press operation. PPE on that operation could use some improvement.
That’s because he only talked about 3S when there is actually 5S and even 6S where one of the S is “Safety”
Haven’t done a single piece of homework ever since that’s lean baby
This is good content. I watched both of these last night (Part 1 / 2). Thank you for putting our quality content @UpFlip Wishing you good health now and in the future! Thanks again!
Glad you enjoyed our videos, and thank you for the kind words, we'll only keep improving!
@@UpFlip I bet! 3s all the way! Sweep/Sort/Standardize! Thanks again!
My dissertation is currently about the impact of lean manufacturing on operational performance of manufacturing firms. I am so excited about this video. However lean is affected by moderating factors in which the firm operates. For instance, I have investigated the lean-performance relationship in the size of the firms, the type of manufacturing firms and the level of economic development
Sounds like you know a lot about lean.
Ive watched a lot of your videos and this is easily the best one. Highly informative, especially to my own business. This was incredibly insightful and I am very grateful for it.
Awesome Jason. Thank you. What type of business are you in?
@@UpFlip cocktail mixes, mobile bar service, coworking space and an eBay business.
Just starting my career change into Lean and I can already say this guy is brilliant, compared to where I work now.
We're glad you found the video valuable Casper! What career are you transitioning into?
@@UpFlip from the floor of aircraft maintenance to the lean department/starting a lean department in the company.
THX you soo much for that interview!!!
You're very welcome! Glad we could help.
Great lessons learned here on process improvement in many areas. Lean manufacturing does work,
Thanks for the feedback and watching Funmbi. 😀Are you in the farming industry as well?
On my airplane, I can adjust the carburetor engine in flight with a small lever labeled "rich/lean". I know running it too rich is getting poor fuel efficiency and soothing... but to lean lead to overheating and possibly engine failure. Keep this in mind when you try to teach people how to run their business...
Now that I watched the complete episode 1 I’m thrilled to be able to squeeze in another one before my work at Amazon FC OLM1. One day soon I’d enjoy a coffee with Paul Akers. Happy Easter everyone! Peace out…,
Great motivation! What would you like to discuss with him over coffee? ☺️
@@UpFlip I sure would like to since this dinky job will get me climb this ladder like a rock star. I’m near Seattle by a 4 hour bus ride about to rewatch the parts 1 and 2 before I get a bus to my sisters house
Thanks for effective communication .Millions of thanks
You're welcome and glad you liked it! What's your favorite part of the video?
I loved this video, Paul is a huge inspiration to me now.. Thank you for sharing! So many Gems to the small business owner
Thanks for a great video - very well filmed!
Thank you!
This is an amazing video. I am a CI Specialist and this just reset me totally I can make it simple to make it more effective I will get back to the basics This will be a more effective process for me.
Glad it was helpful Dan! Most often getting back to the lean basics can lead to the best results!
Amazing! Honestly i never knew abt lean... really helpful.
Glad you liked it!
I'm studying production engineering and this video is awesome!! I like so much the lean thinking concepts because it helping since the clean up and eliminate waste until the organization and profits enhance...
Where are you studying engineering at Diego?
@@UpFlip At college in Brazil
The 3's are a great system to operate on and basically implement in everyday life. Good stuff, outstanding...
Thank you for sharing your thoughts! Hope you watch our other content and find value in them. Any business you want to see next? ☺️