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Lean Case Study: Platt Technical High School

Raul Robles

Stu­dent, Raul Rob­les, tells how he ​“con­nect­ed” with the HS man­u­fac­tur­ing pro­gram as Ron digs into his skills at school and on the job.

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Introducing Platt Tech

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David Tuttle

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In the Principal's Office

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Student Problem Solving

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John Murphy

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Jose Dominguez

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Touring the Shop

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Organizational Skills

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CNC Room

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From Blueprint to Reality

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Paul Hoffman, Orange Research

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Ron finds anoth­er senior, Rmani Grif­fin, and quizzes him on what the pro­gram has taught him and how he has been able to use that knowl­edge at home on his closet.

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    • 1h 0m
    In this Gem­ba Acad­e­my Live! series we vis­it Paragon Med­ical, locat­ed in Pierce­ton, Indi­ana. Join us on a vir­tu­al tour as we learn how Paragon uses visu­al man­age­ment, engages peo­ple in CI, tracks and improves machine per­for­mance and OEE, and how they use the yel­low belt, green belt, and black belt pro­gram to devel­op CI skills and deliv­er sav­ings. We also vis­it their new facil­i­ty where they are trans­form­ing their process­es through adap­tive manufacturing.

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  • Lean Case Study: Lighthouse for the Blind

    • 7 Videos
    • 47m
    The true pow­er of con­tin­u­ous improve­ment lies in its abil­i­ty to help peo­ple reach their full poten­tial. In this course, we vis­it The Light­house for the Blind, an extra­or­di­nary orga­ni­za­tion that pro­vides employ­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties for indi­vid­u­als who are blind, deaf, Deaf­Blind, and/​or have oth­er dis­abil­i­ties. With pres­ti­gious clients like Boe­ing, NASA, and the Unit­ed States gov­ern­ment, The Light­house for the Blind uses con­tin­u­ous improve­ment both in a tra­di­tion­al man­u­fac­tur­ing con­text and also as a way to meet the unique needs and abil­i­ties of each indi­vid­ual employee.

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  • Lean Case Study: Kaas Tailored

    • 22 Videos
    • 3h 4m
    In this course, we vis­it uphol­stery solu­tions provider Kaas Tai­lored to get an up-close look at how they man­age their high-mix low-vol­ume pro­duc­tion, pro­mote kaizen, build man­age­ment rou­tines through gem­ba walks and dai­ly account­abil­i­ty prac­tices, and bal­ance long-term hoshin plans with month­ly exper­i­men­ta­tion. We also join a tour group as they learn about the sev­en types of waste and wit­ness var­i­ous flow sim­u­la­tions. Watch and be inspired by all the improve­ments the Kaas Tai­lored team has made so far on their lean journey.

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  • Lean Case Study: Seating Matters

    • 20 Videos
    • 1h 15m
    Gem­ba Acad­e­my jour­neys to Limavady, North­ern Ire­land to meet with the team at Seat­ing Mat­ters. This video series is focused on two things — why Seat­ing Mat­ters start­ed their lean jour­ney and how they went about imple­ment­ing lean.

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  • Lean Journey Interviews: Texas Nameplate

    • 10 Videos
    • 1h 19m
    The Gem­ba Acad­e­my crew takes a road trip to Lan­cast­er Texas to meet up with the folks behind Texas Name­plate. This video series is focused on sustainability.

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  • Lean Case Study: In The Ditch

    • 23 Videos
    • 3h 0m
    Ron and the Gem­ba Acad­e­my team make their way to Moun­tain Home, Ida­ho, to meet with Chuck Cec­ca­rel­li and his team at In The Ditch Tow­ing Products

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  • Lean Healthcare Case Study: Franciscan Health

    • 31 Videos
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    Ron and the Gem­ba Acad­e­my video team vis­it Fran­cis­can Health in Indi­anapo­lis, Indi­ana to learn about their lean and con­tin­u­ous improve­ment journey.

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  • Lean Case Study: Fireblast Global

    • 25 Videos
    • 2h 14m
    Steve vis­its Fire­blast Glob­al in Coro­na, Cal­i­for­nia where CEO Rick Egelin and his team are a year into their lean jour­ney. Rick and the team share with Steve their many suc­cess­es and some of the strug­gles they over­came to build con­tin­u­ous improve­ment momen­tum in a cus­tom man­u­fac­tur­ing company. 

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  • Lean Case Study: Zingerman’s

    • 20 Videos
    • 1h 56m
    Ron and the Gem­ba Acad­e­my team vis­it Zinger­man’s in Ann Arbor, Michi­gan to learn how they lever­age lean to cre­ate a world class mail order food ser­vice business.

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  • Lean Case Study: FastCap 2014

    • 23 Videos
    • 3h 35m
    Return­ing to Belling­ham, Wash­ing­ton, Ron trav­els to the beau­ti­ful North­west to see a Gem­ba Acad­e­my friend and total lean thinker, Paul Akers, Pres­i­dent and Founder of Fast­Cap, LLC. From the morn­ing meet­ing to the ship­ping of prod­uct at the end of the day, Paul gives Ron a free pass to look any­where around the new facil­i­ty and talk to any­one and every­one. Ron gets the full tour and meets new Fast­Cap asso­ciates as well as catch­ing up with famil­iar faces from his past visit.

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