Great video! 3 things stood out to me, (1) Small improvements over time eliminate waste, (2) Everything is a process, and every process can be improved and (3) Lean is hard work, but it makes everything easy. I love how they developed a culture of respect so that everyone felt inspired and empowered to make changes.
Enjoyed this video, it was great that they involve everyone in their daily meeting and take up to an hour before actually working! It was nice that they fix problems on the spot and not wait avoiding future problems down the road! The part that interested me the most was them saying a brand new machine will be at its worst, because they are always making improvements!
Really enjoyed this video! He explains how Lean for the elimination of waste through continuous improvement. I liked listening to each person on how they improved their own work process, not only in the factory but it can be applied in the office, as well! I personally enjoyed how one woman made a box for her phone, tablet and air pods. Makes me want to be more organized on my desk!
It is amazing how simple changes can improve efficiency. It is crazy at first to hear how much time they spend every day not working, but them spending time on making improvements saves them so much time in the long run.
its incredible how clean and efficient this factory is. and the fact that every employee is so proud of all the improvements that each of them have made
It's great to see how respect is such an important aspect of this company, both internally and externally. Something other companies could certainly take note of.
Every "defect" is an opportunity for improvement; attack the process, not the person. Having a culture of constant continuous improvements to the point where it's competitive to come up with ideas. This video was inspiring to watch.
The daily, continuous improvements through the morning meetings are impressive. He's correct, you shouldn't have to go to work and struggle all day! Using a simple jig to mistake proof the assembly of their brackets is a great example of what can be done. Great work inspiring your team.
I love that they believe in the importance of taking time with the manufacturing team to get everyone to understand the importance of efficiency. Many companies do not put a lot of value in this as he stated and it shows in those companies.
What a great example of a company's lean culture. The key seems to be letting those who do the task have the ideas on what will work best and then giving them the tools to succeed.
I love the approach of 'improve first' and then start the day. As they mentioned, it makes them so much more efficient when they do start work, and puts them in the proper mindset (if you have already improved one thing first thing before the work begins, then you have a good mentality for the rest of the day).
Great video. I found it interesting how if or when there is a struggle within the company (machines, equipment, parts ect.)They stop and fix things thereby eliminating waste. It’s also enlightening to see how this company encourages all its employees to share ideas daily so as to make improvements. I liked how everything was organized and in its place.
As a manufacturer myself from another part of the world, watching how this company applied the principles of Lean successfully over time is so amazing!! Thank you so much for posting this video.
I just started to learn about Lean 3 months ago. I find this video both supremely fascinating and convicting. Convicting because I realize how stubborn and narrow minded I can be towards the process. This really has hit deep and I can say I feel a paradigm shift in my mentality.
In 2004 I worked at a Brewery in Tadcaster. 2010 then saw Heineken takeover and introduced TPM throughout its UK sites which I was involved with from its implementation. To this day I continue to use these strategies and methodologies. Continuous Improvement means to me challenging the status quo and using facts to drive the improvements, getting the workforce engaged from every level from the Top down.
I love how they changed the mindset to focus on a company that makes improvements instead of a company that makes chairs. This way they are able to do what they are actually needing to do instead of wasting a ton of time.
Guys this is inspiring! I have a test next Tuesday on lean , and it’s great to see it in action! In my current job, anytime I try to make an improvement I get immediately shut down… You guys rock
While every incremental improvement had a cost (production of a person briefly halted, creation of fixtures or software, equipment bought, signage, etc.), the benefits improve efficiency for every day thereafter. Plus, worker morale and productivity improve which should help keep good workers and avoid turnover. As noted, real benefits are experienced (shorter lead times, less waste, happier customers) which will eventually result in greater sales and profitability. Investing smartly is more than spending on hardware, software, and people, but improving how all of those things are used. So glad to have watched this real life example of lean in action.
That is a awesome video Ryan, a morning meeting all together is the number 1 for me, to learning how to implement Lean daily, and do improvements to make a job easy, clean, organizing.
When I seen the headlines I thought another company overselling themselves but got caught up in the enthusiasm and wow totally deserved all the plaudits and what a great team spirit this is the benchmark in excellence in manufacturing and social interaction
Great work! Amazing welding fixture! I'm working on a similar one at the moment and would love to know how it's able to lift up onto the wheels then lock in place?
i have a lot of custom contract manufacturing, many customer supplied components and some of our own, blanket orders with several work orders against blanket orders in a few releases of a variety of SKUs. how does kanban system work for that?
I'd love to learn more about some specific improvements that they've made in the company. For example, the welding station, or office station that automates processes. Where can I learn more? 😊
Made my weekend meaningful watching this video!! Innovation alone is not enough but the execution matters! Countries lose their jobs to other places not just bcoz of low cost but due to non-lean thinking...
I would love to know more about the Japanese learning technique you mentioned. I am familiar with KAIZEN but I'm curious to learn more. Any suggestions on a book would help as well 🫡💯
I'm curious about what happens if that guy the woodworking sector (Party?) gets sick or in an accident since he's alone ... do you have someone ready to cover him? Or have like a super fast way of training someone to cover him? Or like a surplus of parts that can be used for some time?
Thanks for watching, we have a production Training Matrix, this helps us to identify any areas that we have very few people trained, we will always have more than one person trained in any one area. Contact info@leanmadesimple.com if you’d like a copy
This whole system is genius!! But one question that now remains in my head is: What if an employee becomes sick, pregnant, or is not able to work that day? As there is for example, one operator in the woodstation. Imagine if he is sick for 2 weeks, what will happen to the process, and how do they deal with that?
We have a great cross training system in place for every department, along with hundreds standard work documents & videos, allowing us to always serve the customer to the highest standard 😀
@@leanmadesimpleimpressive. I imagine that your SOPs and work instructions are so clear that anyone could basically come in and do the job. Why then do you also have a cross training in place? Is it just to make sure that another employee is fully skilled in that work, rather than relying exclusively on the SOP?
@@LeoBurca Having someone already trained means they will be faster and more accurate than a person who has to rely running straight off the SOPs. Cross training also provides a more interesting role for team members.
Hi Paul, Thankyou for watching, for us Lean refers to the reduction of non value added activities through the process of Continuous Improvement (Kaizen)
Awesome video !!!!! Love it but lean 6 sigma is American made not Japanese. America’s military went to Japan to teach them how to be more efficient because only 15 percent of the land can be used for agriculture because we had to help their economy after WW2
Haha come on man. Kyzen is so entrenched in Japanese culture and brought into the industrial age by Toyota and the TPS. Lean is Japanese through and through. I work for an American manufacturer and it’s scary how un-lean (wasteful) they are as a company. And to use the US military as as an example is laughable, probably the least lean government body to choose as an example 😂
@@frikkied2638 are you American? You must not know America. America has the greatest military in the history of the world, do your own research instead of believing me the truth is the truth …. And I didn’t use the military as an ”example” that’s where these techniques or derived from. Reread what I posted because you don’t make any sense at all
Single ownership. Opportunity for improvement. Two bins with order card on it. Using first in first out as much as possible so stock doesn’t sit on the bottom and used off the top. All great improvements. But their office has more labels than a b&q 😂😂
My company is just starting LEAN in 2024, it will fail. The VP is an idiot. Our urinal overflows, constant turnover, routine injuries, garbage everywhere, dumpster is alway full, minimum safety, maintenance, skill trainings. If OSHA came to my work their heads would spin. 😂
loosing 20 minutes on repeating exercises is hardly a lean manufacturing, have battery pack 30 inch closer is not saving much time. Its a lot of talk about lean manufacturing but not showing it where. Buzzword Video I'd call it. They had a good time producing the video, that much is sure.
Attack the process, not the person. Gold.
"Anything that stops flow is an oportunity to improve" loved it!!!
Great video! 3 things stood out to me, (1) Small improvements over time eliminate waste, (2) Everything is a process, and every process can be improved and (3) Lean is hard work, but it makes everything easy. I love how they developed a culture of respect so that everyone felt inspired and empowered to make changes.
Enjoyed this video, it was great that they involve everyone in their daily meeting and take up to an hour before actually working! It was nice that they fix problems on the spot and not wait avoiding future problems down the road! The part that interested me the most was them saying a brand new machine will be at its worst, because they are always making improvements!
Really enjoyed this video! He explains how Lean for the elimination of waste through continuous improvement. I liked listening to each person on how they improved their own work process, not only in the factory but it can be applied in the office, as well! I personally enjoyed how one woman made a box for her phone, tablet and air pods. Makes me want to be more organized on my desk!
It is amazing how simple changes can improve efficiency. It is crazy at first to hear how much time they spend every day not working, but them spending time on making improvements saves them so much time in the long run.
its incredible how clean and efficient this factory is. and the fact that every employee is so proud of all the improvements that each of them have made
It's great to see how respect is such an important aspect of this company, both internally and externally. Something other companies could certainly take note of.
Every "defect" is an opportunity for improvement; attack the process, not the person. Having a culture of constant continuous improvements to the point where it's competitive to come up with ideas. This video was inspiring to watch.
Thanks for watching :)
The daily, continuous improvements through the morning meetings are impressive. He's correct, you shouldn't have to go to work and struggle all day! Using a simple jig to mistake proof the assembly of their brackets is a great example of what can be done. Great work inspiring your team.
I love the idea of having time to consider making improvements and everyone being in process improvement.
I love that they believe in the importance of taking time with the manufacturing team to get everyone to understand the importance of efficiency. Many companies do not put a lot of value in this as he stated and it shows in those companies.
What a great example of a company's lean culture. The key seems to be letting those who do the task have the ideas on what will work best and then giving them the tools to succeed.
I love the culture they have and the way they share they improbments.
I love the approach of 'improve first' and then start the day. As they mentioned, it makes them so much more efficient when they do start work, and puts them in the proper mindset (if you have already improved one thing first thing before the work begins, then you have a good mentality for the rest of the day).
This is incredible, "improving the process" is ultimately creative as well.
Great video. I found it interesting how if or when there is a struggle within the company (machines, equipment, parts ect.)They stop and fix things thereby eliminating waste. It’s also enlightening to see how this company encourages all its employees to share ideas daily so as to make improvements. I liked how everything was organized and in its place.
As a manufacturer myself from another part of the world, watching how this company applied the principles of Lean successfully over time is so amazing!! Thank you so much for posting this video.
Thankyou for watching our journey 😀
I just started to learn about Lean 3 months ago.
I find this video both supremely fascinating and convicting.
Convicting because I realize how stubborn and narrow minded I can be towards the process.
This really has hit deep and I can say I feel a paradigm shift in my mentality.
In 2004 I worked at a Brewery in Tadcaster. 2010 then saw Heineken takeover and introduced TPM throughout its UK sites which I was involved with from its implementation. To this day I continue to use these strategies and methodologies. Continuous Improvement means to me challenging the status quo and using facts to drive the improvements, getting the workforce engaged from every level from the Top down.
I love how they changed the mindset to focus on a company that makes improvements instead of a company that makes chairs. This way they are able to do what they are actually needing to do instead of wasting a ton of time.
Thankyou for watching :)
This is so inspiration on a number of levels. Thank you for sharing this Ryan. You and your team set the standard!
absolutely incredible. livened my morning at my place of work!!! excited to try some of these
Fantastic!
Thank you - this is worth so much more than the thousand words on Lean I'd already studied.
Great content. Thanks for sharing this.
Guys this is inspiring! I have a test next Tuesday on lean , and it’s great to see it in action!
In my current job, anytime I try to make an improvement I get immediately shut down…
You guys rock
Amazing x100! Great Job Everyone!
Great discussion! Very insightful!
Glad you found it helpful! :)
Amazing tour! the team is super excited to see you in September!
Mind is still blown! 🤯 Thank you for leading from the front and impacting the world 🌍
While every incremental improvement had a cost (production of a person briefly halted, creation of fixtures or software, equipment bought, signage, etc.), the benefits improve efficiency for every day thereafter. Plus, worker morale and productivity improve which should help keep good workers and avoid turnover. As noted, real benefits are experienced (shorter lead times, less waste, happier customers) which will eventually result in greater sales and profitability. Investing smartly is more than spending on hardware, software, and people, but improving how all of those things are used. So glad to have watched this real life example of lean in action.
Thankyou for your message :)
Wow, just wow.... fantastic. Learned so much from this. Congratulations everyone at seating matters you are amazing
really organized and well thinking to making a great improvement. Work smart not hard.
I'm a small business owner, and I enjoyed this very much. Such great insights to take away Thank you😊
Oh great, what small business do you run?
That is a awesome video Ryan, a morning meeting all together is the number 1 for me, to learning how to implement Lean daily, and do improvements to make a job easy, clean, organizing.
I wish you were in Bend, Oregon USA!
great work and easy to understand.
Working on this was an immense learning experience in lean. Ryan is a lean genius, and is changing how we produce content at ATTNx.
Absolutely fantastic
Great video, would be great to see more of these with that passionate team along with other processes in other industries.
Keep up the good work 👏
There are many ways to improve quality, output, and morale. Every improvement counts.
Epic. Epic tour and of course Epic concepts. Sold.
Amazing Lean experience. thank you
Fantastic what a fabulous model of developing staff
Fantastic as always.
Great tour! Seating Matters just keeps getting better and better!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This video has made me understand lean and I'm writing an exam tomorrow.keep up the good work
Mind blown! I’m learning so much from your videos. Thank you for sharing your journey and inspiring others.
Congratulations!!! What a great example!
Thank you! 😃
Wonderful example of Lean Manufacturing, love the two bin system and Kaizen foam for tools.
Thankyou for watching :)
Super organisation hats off . Ryan told we paying only for innovation of the employee not for their work - it is great thinking.
Wonderful work place for the people who seeking for creativity ❤
Awesome video!!! I am sharing clips with my team RIGHT NOW!
Thanks for watching and sharing!!
I spend no less than 15 minutes to find real lean examples, but all link told me about 5s, kanban etc. Thank you for this tour!
You're so welcome 😊 good luck in your lean journey!
Thank you for this video 😊
Real class as usual Ryan and the Seating Matters Team, thanks for sharing
Mind-blowing tour, thanks for sharing, I really appreciate the time you took to create such an inspiring video. 😁
this is incredible👍🏾👍🏾
When I seen the headlines I thought another company overselling themselves but got caught up in the enthusiasm and wow totally deserved all the plaudits and what a great team spirit this is the benchmark in excellence in manufacturing and social interaction
Thankyou for watching and for the kind comment :)
very nice -- examples for others
Great work! Amazing welding fixture! I'm working on a similar one at the moment and would love to know how it's able to lift up onto the wheels then lock in place?
Hi, send your request for more detail to info@leanmadesimple.com
Will do! Cheers!
This video is really helpful❤❤, was struggling to find good videos on this topic
Thankyou :)
Loved this!
This is great, owner got the employees to improve his company and they do it everyday for the same compensation. Brilliant!
Great video. Love everything. What youre guys recommended starting course/books for learning lean?
Watch the Lean Made Simple videos and listen to LMS podcast, we have a decade of learnings in those. The first book is coming soon too :)
i have a lot of custom contract manufacturing, many customer supplied components and some of our own, blanket orders with several work orders against blanket orders in a few releases of a variety of SKUs. how does kanban system work for that?
Hi, we would love to help if we can, email us at info@leanmadesimple.com and we can schedule a call for more detail on the specifics!
This video is awesome... this make me think a lot of opportunity working in retail.. any book recommendation?
I'd love to learn more about some specific improvements that they've made in the company. For example, the welding station, or office station that automates processes. Where can I learn more? 😊
Thankyou for watching and for your suggestions, we will continue to make content, my new book is now ready to PRE Order - www.leanmadesimple.com/store
@@leanmadesimple Hi Ryan. Congrats on the book. Where could I buy the audio version you mentioned in another video? :)
Made my weekend meaningful watching this video!! Innovation alone is not enough but the execution matters! Countries lose their jobs to other places not just bcoz of low cost but due to non-lean thinking...
Glad you enjoyed it :)
To make Lean Manufacture, mindset need to change.
yo anyone know where they got the welding jig table/platform? is it homemade or readily available?
Hi , we designed and made these ourselves :)
How do you guys interface accounting with your kanban system? My team’s big concern with letting go of ERP/MRP is losing transaction records
What label makers do you use, for all your labelling around the warehouse and office?
We simply use laminated word docs
Thnx 💎
Respect.
Excellent
Thank you so much 😀
I would love to know more about the Japanese learning technique you mentioned. I am familiar with KAIZEN but I'm curious to learn more. Any suggestions on a book would help as well 🫡💯
2-Second Lean by Paul Akers is a great place to start!
I'm curious about what happens if that guy the woodworking sector (Party?) gets sick or in an accident since he's alone ... do you have someone ready to cover him? Or have like a super fast way of training someone to cover him? Or like a surplus of parts that can be used for some time?
Thanks for watching, we have a production Training Matrix, this helps us to identify any areas that we have very few people trained, we will always have more than one person trained in any one area.
Contact info@leanmadesimple.com if you’d like a copy
One thing to note is he should be using an impact driver, not a drill. An impact driver is much more forgiving on your wrist and probably quicker 8:26
How can we get a factory tour?
follow this link - www.leanmadesimple.com/book-a-tour
Or email us at info@leanmadesimple.com
This whole system is genius!! But one question that now remains in my head is: What if an employee becomes sick, pregnant, or is not able to work that day? As there is for example, one operator in the woodstation. Imagine if he is sick for 2 weeks, what will happen to the process, and how do they deal with that?
We have a great cross training system in place for every department, along with hundreds standard work documents & videos, allowing us to always serve the customer to the highest standard 😀
@@leanmadesimpleimpressive. I imagine that your SOPs and work instructions are so clear that anyone could basically come in and do the job. Why then do you also have a cross training in place? Is it just to make sure that another employee is fully skilled in that work, rather than relying exclusively on the SOP?
@@LeoBurca Having someone already trained means they will be faster and more accurate than a person who has to rely running straight off the SOPs. Cross training also provides a more interesting role for team members.
Hi team simplylearn, I want to use this video in my training programme, are you okay with this ?
Yes, you can use this video
call 8 wastes is D.O.W.N.T.I.M.E (Defect - Over production - Waiting - Nonutilized talent/performance - Transportation - Inventory - Motion - Extra processing)
Nice way of remembering them. Thanks for sharing :)
I like this better than TIMWOODS
What does that stand for? @@IrfanKhan-ze4yx
Any subtitles to this? I can't understand a word they're saying
Why is it referred to as "Lean" and not Kaizen ?
Hi Paul, Thankyou for watching, for us Lean refers to the reduction of non value added activities through the process of Continuous Improvement (Kaizen)
Ryan how do your team handle the chat videos? checking, answering 20X1 minutes video is too much. Is there a dedicated time for that?
The accent makes much better to watch
Backround music? Very annoying!
Awesome video !!!!! Love it but lean 6 sigma is American made not Japanese. America’s military went to Japan to teach them how to be more efficient because only 15 percent of the land can be used for agriculture because we had to help their economy after WW2
Bro, get over. It is a Japanese thing.
@@arunsuvendrarajah5847 are you saying your a communist ?
@@DavidGarcia-fp5hgare you another dumb Trumpy ?
Haha come on man. Kyzen is so entrenched in Japanese culture and brought into the industrial age by Toyota and the TPS. Lean is Japanese through and through. I work for an American manufacturer and it’s scary how un-lean (wasteful) they are as a company. And to use the US military as as an example is laughable, probably the least lean government body to choose as an example 😂
@@frikkied2638 are you American? You must not know America. America has the greatest military in the history of the world, do your own research instead of believing me the truth is the truth …. And I didn’t use the military as an ”example” that’s where these techniques or derived from. Reread what I posted because you don’t make any sense at all
Single ownership. Opportunity for improvement. Two bins with order card on it. Using first in first out as much as possible so stock doesn’t sit on the bottom and used off the top. All great improvements. But their office has more labels than a b&q 😂😂
Made from Japan at least 80 year ago....Somebody whit bad english to explain lean is funny
As a fresh pair of eyes I see a lack of ppe equipment.
My company is just starting LEAN in 2024, it will fail. The VP is an idiot. Our urinal overflows, constant turnover, routine injuries, garbage everywhere, dumpster is alway full, minimum safety, maintenance, skill trainings. If OSHA came to my work their heads would spin. 😂
This whole system is obsolete
...ask toyota which used it 30 years ago.
But they are still way ahead of their local competitors, they're not competing with Toyota.
loosing 20 minutes on repeating exercises is hardly a lean manufacturing, have battery pack 30 inch closer is not saving much time. Its a lot of talk about lean manufacturing but not showing it where. Buzzword Video I'd call it. They had a good time producing the video, that much is sure.
But if they do it 10 times every day it is an improvement, you've missed the whole point.
@@Robert-l4i Not every improvement is economical feasible. Who's missing the point here?
Go to china and you'll learn a lot more