Have you guys heard of Paul Akers or 2 Second Lean?
Basically it’s a teaching on finding waste and continuing improvement for your work, shop and management.
Kinda. Lol. The stuff in this book about Toyota’s process had me on the edge of my seat like a giant dork, but I’m a toyota truck guy deep in my soul. Lol
Paul owns a FastCap, they have some pretty incredible products for the woodworking world. I can’t stand watching him in videos, though. He’s a little too “infomercial” for me. Still, the man is passionate about lean.
That was fascinating! In a book called Scrum it talks about toyota’s manufacturing process and why they believe they’re the most reliable vehicles.
Anyone can stop the assembly line at any time with a push of the button. If the assembly line stops EVERYONE is required to go to the point at which it was stopped to see why it was stopped. Often times it’s a slight defect that needs to be corrected and all cars before it must be inspected or it can be a light bulb moment where someone thinks something can be improved. Freaking amazing.
Honda runs similar processes and started out by building motorcycle engines.
I toured a Honda plant with my Dad (who was an ISO 9000 auditor) & the plant manager. If you subtract the time it takes the paint to dry, they build a car in 4 hours. Unpainted body panels hit the line on one end & at the other end they put fuel in the new car & take it out on the test track. It was very cool!!