Lean Case Study: FastCap 2014

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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Morning Meeting - Part 1

Ron is invited into the morning meeting where he joins the circle of associates. A different associate leads the meeting each day as they discuss where the business is, learn wood types and listen to customer feedback. They also learn about a new topic each day to help them with their daily duties.

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  1. Welcome Back to Fastcap6:52
  2. Lights, Fans, Action4:52
  3. Morning Meeting - Part 110:23
  4. Morning Meeting - Part 209:13
  5. Morning Meeting - Part 314:26
  6. Morning Meeting - Part 403:00
  7. Morning Meeting - Part 56:46
  8. The 'Not So Common' Common Area4:06
  9. The 'Infamous' Bathroom11:18
  10. A Break Room Where You Can Eat Off the Floor6:52
  11. Standard Cleaning Tools and Carts3:17
  12. Detailed Assembly With Detailed Precision4:26
  13. 'Build Cells' Within the Racking Areas10:31
  14. Interviews and Training5:39
  15. Laserjamb - Just Sounds Cool7:29
  16. Injection Molding Kanban5:23
  17. Engineered to Perfection12:27
  18. Visual Cues and Color Codes9:04
  19. Let Me Speak to the General Manager4:47
  20. Can I Try?11:49
  21. Morning Meeting - The Whole Thing43:11
  22. Morning Meeting - Condensed Version27:13
  23. FastCap 2014 - A 2 Minute Teaser2:19