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Lean Case Study: Fireblast Global

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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False Starting the Lean Journey

Rick Egelin, CEO Fireblast, shares how the company started their lean journey only to crash and burn a few months in.

Topic:

  • Failure

Speakers:

  • Rick Egelin
  • Steven Kane

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  • At The Gemba
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Revisiting the Lean Journey

After false starting the Fireblast team recommitted to the lean journey which included Rick realizing he was part of the problem and needed to change.

Related Content:
  • Culture of Kaizen Overview
  • Characteristics of a Kaizen Leader

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  1. Fireblast Trailer01:31
  2. False Starting the Lean Journey06:36
  3. Revisiting the Lean Journey08:31
  4. It's Time to Train Employees09:11
  5. Why Lean Failed Initially06:46
  6. Working Through the Challenges06:58
  7. Fireblast Morning Meeting Part 108:13
  8. Fireblast Morning Meeting Part 205:29
  9. Fireblast's Lean Journey09:25
  10. Failing to Improve06:53
  11. Lean in the Supply Room05:08
  12. The Lean Leadership Team02:30
  13. Lean Janitorial Supply Area02:39
  14. Working in a Lean Cell02:49
  15. Using Imagination to Improve03:12
  16. Cell Transformation05:38
  17. Flowing at Station 2406:30
  18. Visual Management at Fireblast06:58
  19. Working in Chaos Before Lean05:22
  20. Personal Improvement04:58
  21. Not On Board Initially08:18
  22. Lean Fabrication06:16
  23. Lean Fabrication (Spanish)05:53
  24. What's it Really Like to Work Here?06:47
  25. What's Different About Working at Fireblast?05:00

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