Series
Gemba Academy Live!
Learn from real-world examples featuring some of the best Lean leaders here, in our exclusive Gemba Academy Live! series.
Virtual Tours
Lean Case Study: Lighthouse for the Blind
Lean Case Study: Kaas Tailored
- A Conversation with Jeff Kaas, President of Kaas Tailored
- Kaas Tailored Tour Agenda
- What to Expect on the Kaas Tailored Tour
- The Gap Between Work and Hobbies
- How Kaas Tailored Creates High Mix, Low-Volume Flow and Pull
- Parts Kitting, Limited WIP, and Pull Signals at Kaas Tailored
- The Ring Toss Visual Pull Signal at Kaas Tailored
- One Piece Flow Cells at Kaas Tailored
- How Long-Term Hoshin Objectives Turn Into Annual Goals and Small Experiments
- The Visual Management System at Kaas Tailored
- Periodic Review of Results and Improvement of the Hoshin Process
- The Daily Gemba Walk at Kaas Tailored
- Visual Management of Status for the Process, the Day, and the Year
- Daily Accountability Through Team Training at Kaas Tailored
- Observations About Daily Accountability Processes at Kaas Tailored
- We Pushed Kaizen for 10 Years, Now We Pull Kaizen
- A Problem Solving Example in Purchasing at Kaas Tailored
- A Kaizen Example from Upholstery Process at Kaas Tailored
- A Kaizen Example from Human Resources at Kaas Tailored
- How Guiding Principles Engage People to Grow the Business and Themselves
- How to Use the Kaas Tailored Kaizen Form
- What's the Next Challenge for Kaas Tailored?
Lean Case Study: Seating Matters
- Lean is Boundless. Our Journey To Northern Ireland.
- Seating Matters Company Overview
- Seating Matters Process Overview
- Why Lean?
- How Seating Matters started their Lean Journey
- Welcome to Seating Matters' Paradise
- One Piece Flow Order Processing
- Ordering Processing "Before Lean"
- 360 Degree One Piece Flow Processing
- Lean Cutting Process
- Cutting Process Value Added vs. Non Value Added
- Lean Upholstery: Watching vs. Seeing
- Introduction to Laser Cutting
- Lean Capital Expenditure & Quality First
- Order Release & Bottleneck Management
- Laser Printing Visual Management
- Future State One Piece Flow Goals
- Lean Sales
- Practicing 3S
- One Piece Flow Tea
Lean Journey Interviews: Texas Nameplate
- Ron Introduces Us To Texas Nameplate Company
- People, Planet and Profit - Triple Bottom Line
- Meet Dan Crownover - A Millennial's Perspective
- The Texas Nameplate Process
- Using the iScrubber to Strip Nameplates
- Water Recycling System
- Rejuvenation of Acid
- Reclaiming Solvent
- Paperless
- The Real Reason Behind Sustainability
Lean Case Study: In The Ditch
- Ron Introduces Us to 'In The Ditch'
- The Morning Meeting - Feud Style
- Ron Becomes the Guest Speaker at the Morning Meeting
- Director of Excitement - Platinum Status
- Not Just Words on the Wall
- The Lean Kitchenette
- It's Not Your Mother's Laser
- How to Load a Laser
- After You Cut It, You Bend It
- What a Surprise
- I Used to Hoard Parts
- Setting Up a New Work Cell
- The 'SidePuller' Supermarket App
- We know it's Waste, But it's Working for Us
- Cellular Flow
- Welcome to Paradise
- Shipping, Receiving and Assembly
- Refurbished Cell
- A Lot Has Changed in 4 Years
- It's Now Paperless
- Welcome to the Store
- Another Famous Restroom
- It All Comes Together
Lean Healthcare Case Study: Franciscan Health
- On Our Way to Franciscan Health!
- Learn How Applesauce Saves This Hospital $30,000 Every Year
- How the Endoscopy Department Got Started with Kaizen
- Advice for Those Beginning the Lean Journey
- Standardization in the Storerooms
- A "Leaned Out" RFA Cart
- Checking Out the Scope Cabinet
- Washing the Scopes
- Improving Communication & Safety
- A Day in the Life of Two Lean Thinking Nurses
- Chest Tube Travel Bag Kaizen
- An Emergency Room Physician's Take on Kaizen
- Welcome to a Lean Thinking NICU
- Supply Cart Kaizen in the NICU
- Restocking Supplies in the NICU
- Baby Skincare Kaizen in the NICU
- NICU Bed Kaizen
- Phone System Kaizen
- Health Unit Coordinator Visual Control Example
- Coffee Machine Kaizen
- Baby Clothes Kaizen in the NICU
- Emergency Blood Ordering Kaizen
- The Lean Pharmacy
- Visual Management in the Pharmacy
- How the Pharmacy Completes Hundreds of Kaizens per Year
- Interdepartmental Kaizen
- Using Wits over Wallet in the Pharmacy Storeroom
- Labeling Lorazepam Improvements
- Compounding Recipe Kaizen
- Franciscan's 2-Bin Kanban System
- Emergency Room Kaizen
Lean Case Study: Fireblast Global
- Fireblast Trailer
- False Starting the Lean Journey
- Revisiting the Lean Journey
- It's Time to Train Employees
- Why Lean Failed Initially
- Working Through the Challenges
- Fireblast Morning Meeting Part 1
- Fireblast Morning Meeting Part 2
- Fireblast's Lean Journey
- Failing to Improve
- Lean in the Supply Room
- The Lean Leadership Team
- Lean Janitorial Supply Area
- Working in a Lean Cell
- Using Imagination to Improve
- Cell Transformation
- Flowing at Station 24
- Visual Management at Fireblast
- Working in Chaos Before Lean
- Personal Improvement
- Not On Board Initially
- Lean Fabrication
- Lean Fabrication (Spanish)
- What's it Really Like to Work Here?
- What's Different About Working at Fireblast?
Lean Case Study: Zingerman's
- Welcome to Zingerman's Mail Order
- Catch the ZingTrain
- Hello. How Can We Help You?
- Professional Presents
- Introduction to the Sequencer
- Heijunka at Zingerman's
- The Critical Role of IT and Programming
- Zingerman's IT Philosophy
- Line Side Kanban System
- Prepping the Bread
- The Hot Station
- A Very Special Lunch
- Setting the Pace at Picking
- "Check," Please!
- Making It Look Good in Assembly
- Getting It All Together at Recombination
- Supercomputing in Packing
- Shipping Made Easy and a Process Recap
- Now Hiring, the Zingerman's Way
- Zingerman's Wrap Up
Lean Case Study: FastCap 2014
- Welcome Back to Fastcap
- Lights, Fans, Action
- Morning Meeting - Part 1
- Morning Meeting - Part 2
- Morning Meeting - Part 3
- Morning Meeting - Part 4
- Morning Meeting - Part 5
- The "Not So Common" Common Area
- The "Famous" Bathroom
- A Break Room Where You Can Eat Off the Floor
- Standard Cleaning Tools and Carts
- Detailed Assembly With Detailed Precision
- "Build Cells" Within the Racking Areas
- Interviews and Training
- Laserjamb - Just Sounds Cool
- Injection Molding Kanban
- Engineered to Perfection
- Visual Cues and Color Codes
- Let Me Speak to the General Manager
- Can I Try?
- Morning Meeting - The Whole Thing
- Morning Meeting - Condensed Version
- FastCap 2014 - A 2 Minute Teaser
Lean Case Study: FastCap 2012
- Welcome to FastCap!
- The Lean Kitchen
- The Lean Bathroom
- Morning Meeting Part 1
- Morning Meeting Part 2
- Morning Meeting Part 3
- Visual Controls & Lean Shipping
- The Lean Workshop
- U-Shaped Cells & Kanban System
- Kanban & Lean Culture
- The Lean Printing Room
- Pad Printing
- New Associates & Lean
- Monique
- Order Processing
- Accounts Receivable
- Customer Service
- International Sales
- Marketing & Graphic Design
- The Lean Airplane Hangar
- Paul Singh Interview
- Alexei Vetkov Interview
- Doug VanderWel Interview
- Jon Lussier Interview
- The FastCap Story
- Lean Leadership Advice
Lean Case Study: Specialty Silicone Fabricators
Lean Case Study: Pro CNC
Lean Journey Interviews: Lear
Lean Case Study: NFI Industries
Lean Case Study: Platt Technical High School
Lean Case Study: Aluminum Trailer Company
- Arriving at ATC
- Demonstrating TWI JI
- Demonstrating Job Breakdown
- Reviewing a Job Breakdown
- ATC Culture
- Training with TWI
- Scheduling Training
- Demonstrating Training
- Steve's Training Experience
- Training Dealers
- Cross Training
- TWI Planning
- The Lean Desk
- Job Breakdowns and Dealer Training
- TWI Lessons Learned
- CEO Perspective - Part 1
- CEO Perspective - Part 2
- ATC - Full Video
Lean Culture Case Study: Menlo Innovations
- Welcome to Menlo Innovations
- Meet Richard Sheridan
- The History Of Menlo
- Software Project Planning
- Work Authorization Board
- The Kick Off
- Measuring Work
- Morning Stand Up Meeting
- More on Rich
- 2-Person Teams
- Culture
- Open Book Finance Board
- The Interview Process
- Babies and Dogs
- High Tech Anthropology
- High Tech Anthropology Examples
- Thomas and Whitney
- Share the Joy
Lean Journey Interviews: CCBRT Tanzania
Lean Case Study: Techno Aerospace
- Arriving at Techno Aerospace
- Juan Pablo, CEO
- Hoshin Kanri (Policy Deployment) Brought to Life
- Gain Sharing
- Saul Camargo, Techno Aerospace Founder & Chairman
- Mini Companies & Value Streams
- "Not Angry, Motivated"
- Creating a New Way of Doing Business
- Auditing Using the T-Board
- 5S Auditing
- Additional 5S Information
- The Art of Polishing (in English)
- The Art of Polishing (in Spanish)
- Cells & Cross Training
- Techno's Kanban System
- Setup Reduction in Action
- Takt Capability
- 5S Auditing in the Office
- All Employees Meeting
- Practicing 3P
- Jewel Box or BHAG?
- Wrap up with the Techno Aerospace CEO
Lean Journey Interviews: West Texas A&M University
Lean Journey Interviews: Daman Products
- Daman Products Trailer
- A Brief History of Daman Products
- How Lean Made It Worse
- Be Careful What You Call It
- It's a Great Team, They Help You Out
- Management Style - Command and Control vs. Team Leaders
- Selling Daman Products
- The Sense of Ownership
- I've Never Been Treated So Nice
- Things Got a Lot Worse Before Getting Better
- Award-Winning Improvement
- Basically, We Help People
- Offering Financial Wellness
- A Place for Everything
- I Have a Lot of Trust in the Operator
- Apparently, It's a Good Place to Work
- Driven From the Top
- We Are People-Driven
- Trust the Employees
- Excited About Coming to Work
- I Feel Needed
- What Happens When I Pull the Last Piece Off the Shelf?
- My Favorite Part is the People
- Yeah, I've Heard That Before
- Everybody Helps Each Other Out
- One Silo for the Customer
- What Happens When We Get Bigger
- This is Your Part of the Business. Run it.
- I Remember My Very First Mistake
- Wrap Up with Larry Davis
- Daman Products Wrap Up - Part 2
Virtual Tours - Government
Lean Municipal Government Forum 2017
Lean Case Study: The City of Grand Rapids
- City of Grand Rapids - Why Lean?
- A Sneak Peek of a Morning Meeting
- A Tour of Alen's Office
- Visual Management - Alen's Standard Work Board
- Visual Management - Performance Measurements
- The Audit Checklist
- Visual Management - Time To Order
- Employee's First Introduction to Lean
- Red Tagging at the City of Grand Rapids
- A 5S Opportunity
- A Noticeable Improvement - Cost Reduction
- Stock In a Box
- The Motor Fleet Stockroom
- Inventory Recycling
- Kaizen Part 1 - The Kaizen Board and Quick Explanation
- Kaizen Part 2 - The Before
- Kaizen Part 3 - The After
- Kaizen Part 4 - The New Process
- Grand Rapids Conclusion
Lean Case Study: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Meet the Federal Government - CMS
- Bad Processes Will Beat Good People Everytime
- Empowering Employees
- Government vs. the Private Sector
- Project Based to Culture Transformation
- Got a Problem? Call Kara
- How Do You Balance Your Time & Work?
- Lean Has Legs
- Go Forth and Do Great Things
- Huddle Board Status
- Applying Lean to Information Systems
- How is Lean Going to Work in the Government?
- Using a Status Sheet
- Running My Own Project
- It's More Than Tools
- The Standard Huddle
- Our Role is to "Allow" Lean
- An Opportunity to Change
- Kanban Boards
- Fed Biz Lean
- I Feel Like a Lean Cheerleader
- Support from the Top
- A Review of Our Time at CMS
Lean Showcase: State of Connecticut
- Ron is Introduced to LeanCT
- Lean CT Program Director, Alison Fisher
- Connecting with LEI, Dr. Darlene Dumont
- Governor Malloy Kicks Off 2016 Lean Showcase
- 2016 Lean Showcase - Department of Motor Vehicles
- 2016 Lean Showcase - Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities
- 2016 Lean Showcase - Department of Transportation
- 2016 Lean Showcase - Connecticut State Police
- 2016 Lean Showcase - Department of Housing
- 2016 Lean Showcase - Department of Labor
- 2016 Lean Showcase - Office of the Secretary of State
- Ron meets Connecticut's original Lean Leader
- 2016 Lean Showcase - Office of Policy and Management
- 2016 Lean Showcase - Department of Public Health
- 2016 Lean Showcase - Department of Revenue Services
- 2016 Lean Showcase - Department of Banking
- 2016 Lean Showcase - Department of Consumer Protection
- Ron and Alison summarize the trip
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Connecticut Office of Policy and Management
Connecticut Department of Social Services
Connecticut Department of Correction
Connecticut Department of Administrative Services
Events
The Winning Link, with Billy Taylor
KataCon5
- Gemba Academy's Kata Journey with Ron Pereira
- Developing & Utilizing Human Capabilities by Practicing Scientific Thinking with Mike Rother
- The Toyota Way and Toyota Kata - Learning Over 48 Years with Jeffrey Liker
- The Path to Toyota
- The Toyota Way 4P Systems Model
- The Model Line Approach to Lean Deployment
- Lessons Learned from Applying Toyota Kata to Lean Transformations
- You Can’t Ride My Bike - Deliberate Practice of New Routines
- How NicePak Practices Toyota Kata with Tim Hall
- NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital's Journey to Developing a Robust Management System with Brad Parsons
- How Novo Nordisk Used Kata to Engage People with Renata Marques
- 4 Ways Physicians Are Experimenting With Toyota Kata with Michael Lombard
- Using Kata to Develop Frontline Leadership at FAST Global Solutions with Sam Wagner
- The Improvement Kata with Beth Carrington and Oscar Roche
- Improvement Kata Step 1 - Get the Direction or Challenge
- Improvement Kata Step 2 - Grasp the Current Condition
- Improvement Kata Step 3 - Establish the Target
- Improvement Kata Step 4 - Experiment Toward the Target Condition
- Coaching Kata - The Role of the Coach
- Coaching to a New Threshold of Knowledge with Brandon Brown
- Non-Verbal Communication in the Coaching Kata with Scott Laundry and Mike Rother
- Using Elements of Non-Verbal Communication in the Coaching Kata
- How to Teach Coaches to Use Non-Verbal Communication
- Non-Verbal Communication and the Second Coach's Role
- Preparing the Learner's Mind During Kata Coaching
- How to Tell If the Learner Is Ready for the Next Target Condition
- The Kata Coach as Teacher, Learner, and Improver with Tilo Schwarz
- Kata Coaching to Develop Common Goals with Dave Seabrook
- Continuous Improvement and Technology with Jeff Roussel
- Improvement Kata and A3 Thinking with Oscar Roche
- Why Root Cause Analysis Is Rarely Done Well
- The A3 as a Method to Create a Pattern of Thinking
- Facts, Data, Emotions, and Testing at the Threshold of Knowledge
- Developing Leaders for Continuous Improvement with Mark Rosenthal
2018 Lean Systems Summit
TWI Summit - 2017
- Job Instruction and Brain Science with Roger Bilas
- Job Methods - A Path to Engage in Daily Frontline Improvement
- Woodbridge and the Global Journey on TWI - JI
- How Kata is Being Used to Deploy TWI at Baptist Memorial Healthcare
- Lean - Developing People Who Can and Will Solve Problems Daily
- Cummins TWI Journey
- How To Instruct - Using TWI JI
- Communicating the Value of TWI to CEO's and the HR Team
Iowa Lean Conference 2015
Lean Leadership Week 2015
- Jamie Flinchbaugh - Leading Lean as an Operating System
- Michael Ballé - Lead with Respect
- Mike Wroblewski - Leadership in Sustaining a Kaizen Culture
- Brian Maskell - 15 Behaviors of Lean Executives
- Mike Wroblewski - Creating a Kaizen Culture
- Lori Siwik - Lean Risk Management
- Kim Barnas - Moving Beyond Heroics Using Lean Thinking
- Brian Maskell - Solving the Standard Cost Problem
- Sam MacPherson - The Obeya: The Secret to Achieving Lean Management System Excellence
- Joe Murli - The Lean Management System
- Jacob Stoller - Core Beliefs: The Defining Element of Lean Leadership
- Orry Fiume - Understanding the Role of Lean Leadership
- Bob Miller - Leader Lead Culture
- Cheryl Jekiel - How I Develop Leaders
- Bill Waddell - People, Process, Prosperity
Steve Kane - Becoming a Lean Leader and Implementing a Customer-Focused Culture
Mike Wroblewski at Siouxland Lean
- How Mike got started on his lean journey
- Kaizen Culture Lessons from SMED with Mr. Shingo
- Engaging People in Building an Adaptive Culture
- Lean Leadership and Embracing the Red
- Process Focus versus Results Focus
- Standards, Kaizen and Visualization
- Kaizen Culture Question & Answer Session with Mike Wroblewski
- Creating a Kaizen Culture with Mike Wroblewski (Full Presentation)
Denny Van Zanten at Siouxland Lean
- How Lean Survived through 4 CEOs
- Pella Transformation: Then and Now
- Keeping CEOs Happy with Cost Reduction
- 20 Years of Continuous Improvement
- Leveraging Continuous Improvement for Growth
- Keys to CI Success
- Audience Q&A: Convincing CEOs the Value of Continuous Improvement & More
- Using Lean to Create a Better View at Pella Corporation (Full Presentation)
Siouxland Lean Conference - 2014
Siouxland Lean Conference - 2015
Lean Kanban NA - Lean Startup
Lean Kanban NA - Lean Applied
- Choosing by Advantages - Hal Macomber
- Taking the Risk out of High-Risk Endeavors - Digby Christian
- Using Systems Thinking to (re) Create Education - Trace Pickering
- Using Kata to Address Wicked Problems in Safety - Will Lichtig
- Reinterpreting Lean to Reduce Conflicts - Gregory Howell
- Decision Making Across Time and Space: Lessons from NASA - Kathleen Mosier
Lean Kanban NA - Evolving Product Management
- From Fragile to Agile: The Four Roles of Product Management - Steve Johnson
- Product Management and Systems Thinking - Arne Roock
- Lean Application Lifecycle Management - Dave West
- Black Swan Farming Using Cost of Delay - Joshua Arnold & Özlem Yüce
- Demystifying Agile Product Management - Rich Mironov
- Wiki Management: The Future of Management - Rod Collins
Lean Kanban NA - Kanban
- Values, Agendas, and Change: Kanban's Bigger Picture - Mike Burrows
- Indefinite Unsustainable Pace - Eric Green
- The Inner Game of Kanban - Russell Healy
- Moving Thousands of People to Kanban in 16 Months - Koren, Yaholom, Yeret
- Leadership as a Design Problem - Frode Odegard
- Improving Lean Kanban in Large Distributed Teams - Luke Hohmann
Lean Kanban NA - Managing Risk
- The Impact of Agile Quantified - Larry Maccherone
- New Methods for Minimizing Risk During Product Development - Chris Shinkle
- Risk Reduction Metrics for Agile Organizations - Dan Greening
- 21st Century Risk Management - Dennis Stevens
- Understanding Risk, Impediments and Dependency Impact - Troy Magennis
- Decisions, Commitments and Real Options - Jabe Bloom
Lean Kanban NA - Beyond Budgeting
- Beyond Budgeting: An Agile Management Model and Case Study - Bjarte Bogsnes
- Moving Beyond Budgets to Create More Agile, Adaptive Organizations - Steve Player
- Why HOLT CAT Eliminated Budgets and How It Made Us Successful - Gretchen Stepke
- Using Self-Directed Teams to Engage and Empower - Doug Kirkpatrick
- Eliminating Budgets to Enable Lean Management - Kevin Meyer
- Beyond Cost Transparency: Developing and Applying IT Cost Knowledge - Steve Adams
Printers & Imaging Association
ChatGPT Webinar
Interviews & Webinars
Lean Leader Interviews
Lean Thinker Interviews
- Chris Schrandt
- Kent Bradley
- Stephen Gorse Interview
- Brad Schmidt
- Kent Bradley - Leveraging Lean Beyond Manufacturing
- Stephen Gorse - Leader Standard Work
- Karen Martin
- Dan Markovitz - AME 2013
- Michael Bremer
- Jim Huntzinger
- Cedric Brown on Lean Implementation
- Chet Marchwinski on Lean
- Drew Locher on Lean Culture
- Drew Locher on Value Stream Mapping
- Jerry Solomon on Lean Accounting
- Karen Martin on Transformation
- Mike Osterling on A3 Thinking
- Dan Markovitz - AME 2015
- Norbert Majerus - AME 2015
Webinars
- Why isn't Lean Working? - with Jamie Parker
- Mike Wroblewski - Visual Management: What Good Looks Like
- Mark Graban - Putting the Continuous Back Into Continuous Improvement
- Mark Graban - Using SPC to Make Better Management Decisions
- Mike Wroblewski - A Day in the Life of a Lean Supervisor
- Dan Markovitz - A Factory of One
- Bob Emiliani - A Leader's Role in Lean Success
- Mark Hamel - Kaizen: From System to Principle Driven (Part 1)
- Bob Emiliani - Lean for Higher Education
- Mike Micklewright - The Relationship Between Dr. Deming's and Toyota Way's Principles
- Mark Graban & Gregory Jacobson - A Doctor's Perspective on Kaizen in Healthcare
- Matthew May - The Laws of Subtraction
- Mark Graban - Stories of the Eight Types of Waste in Healthcare
- Mark Graban and Gregory Jacobson - Leadership Behaviors
- Steve Kane - Accountability Through Visual Management
- Michael Lombard - 10 Lessons from Practicing Toyota Kata
- Karen Martin - Value Stream Mapping: From Tool to Management Practice
- Matthew May - The Lean Learning Loop Canvas
- Mark Graban and Gregory Jacobson - Congratulations! You Have Lots of Employee Ideas! Now What?
- Matthew May - The Play-To-Win Strategy Formulation Canvas
- Steven Kane - Employee Engagement Through Autonomous Teams
- Robert Hafey - Lean Safety: The Safe Path to Lean
- Richard Sheridan - Build a Workplace People Love by Adding Joy
Author Interviews
Extended Interviews
Audience Q&A with Jeff Kaas
- How Many Kaizens Do People Do Per Year at Kaas Tailored?
- How Do People Buy-In to the Process as They Rotate Through Jobs?
- Is the Kaizen Mentor the Same as the Manager?
- How Did You Start Doing Daily Team Training Sessions?
- How Do You Take Your Kaizen and Turn It Into Team Training?
- How Did You Deal with People Who Resisted?
- Do You Find the Tours You Offer Distracting?
- What Suggestions Do You Have for Getting Started with Team Training?
- How Do You Manage Skepticism?
- How Do You Prevent Spin When Kaizens Require Cooperation Across the Organization?
- Did You Invent the Task Kanban Board?
- What Suggestions Do You Have to Keep People Improving?
- How Do You Manage Interruptions During the Day?
- Where Do the Creative Design People Work?
- How Do You Get Everyone to Participate?
- How Do You Handle Disagreements Between Co-Workers Over Kaizen Ideas?
- How Do You Help ESL or Foreign Language Employees Understand Kaizen?
- How Difficult Was It to Implement a Kaizen System?
- How Are Kaizen Ideas Submitted and Approved?
- Is It Easier to Practice Kaizen as a Small Company?
- What Factors Determine Standard Work?
- How Often Do You Do Tours at Kaas Tailored?
- Have You Experienced Employee Turnover Due to New Ways of Thinking?
- How Do You Manage Customers Who Don't Share Your Philosophy?
- Question and Answer with Jeff Kaas (Full Version)