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Lean Case Study: The City of Grand Rapids

A Noticeable Improvement — Cost Reduction

As Steve and Alen stand in the mid­dle of the water stock­room, you can visu­al­ly see that the racks are are emp­ty. Lis­ten as Alen explain how Lean has changed their processing.

Series Videos

1

City of Grand Rapids - Why Lean?

25:27

 2

A Sneak Peek of a Morning Meeting

19:11

 3

A Tour of Alen's Office

15:15

 4

Visual Management - Alen's Standard Work Board

2:59

 5

Visual Management - Performance Measurements

2:48

 6

The Audit Checklist

2:46

 7

Visual Management - Time To Order

2:14

 8

Employee's First Introduction to Lean

10:29

 9

Red Tagging at the City of Grand Rapids

2:23

 10

A 5S Opportunity

3:34

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A Noticeable Improvement - Cost Reduction

3:51

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Next VideoStock In a Box

4:51

 13

The Motor Fleet Stockroom

4:54

 14

Inventory Recycling

3:46

 15

Kaizen Part 1 - The Kaizen Board and Quick Explanation

3:34

 16

Kaizen Part 2 - The Before

1:53

 17

Kaizen Part 3 - The After

2:14

 18

Kaizen Part 4 - The New Process

4:23

 19

Grand Rapids Conclusion

1:16

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Time sav­ings is cost sav­ings as Alen explains how they use a 3rd par­ty stock pro­ce­dure at sev­er­al locations