I would be curious to load balance all the way back to cutting stiles and rails and door assembly in that time frame. Assuming you'd be running 5 pc doors. I would think two door clamps and a pendulum operation would get a lot closer to the robot performing all sanding operations. Plus, you could couple it with your edge sander.

This is very exciting my company does finishing and we have both manual and automated line. The finishing line might win but only by a small amount compared with a lean process. I will be overjoyed if the lean process wins though, even if it is a small time factor. Head not wallet is a spectacular way to live even with a finishing line. Something I always thought was we have to be careful that automation doesn't make us lazy or think we're done improving it.

This is a really fun challenge!!! Good luck to you against our robot overlords. 😂

How are defects factored into the final score? If one system does it faster, but has a defect that would make it to the customer, how is that factored into the scoring?

Smart...easy...cheap...lean!!!

It’s was so good and „Lean” channel before Brad start selling robots..

Way to go!

Those are the exact things I was needing to listen in this moment, just passed one entire Sunday to listen to it, because I was obliged to stop each 3 minutes to take notes and reflect how to implement those things in my company. Putting things in my todo list to discuss with the right people tomorrow, and preparing my action plan!

The new series is truly some of the best TOC and Lean information on KZfaq. Well done Brad and Lynn!

Half way through and already it’s a brilliant episode. Getting a whiteboard right away!!

This is one of your best podcasts so far. Was riveted to it all they way through.

Lol 20 doors, it's like using a nuke to destroy a fly with a complete paint line, point of a paintline is to churn insane amounts of piece per hour with a minimal amount of employees. Ofc with 20 doors you can keep up with the paint line or even beat it with setup times/cleanings, now try doing 500+ doors in a single shift, you won't keep up with quality/efforts vs that kind of machines, even with a crazy setup like you have. Especially with your tiny doors, try doing those full high ceiling doors, you'll have a whole lot other kind of problems, Does that mean a paintline is a great investment ? Not sure ...

When and where can we see this challenge?

Suggestions: 1) Add another Cosmo XL? 2) That operator can perform tasks other than just sanding *** 3) Clean in between tasks

How do you manage the small amount of orders? I mean 5 pencil. Send an order to an office shop immediatelly? There will be an extra shipping cost. Or do you wait a bit for some similar products (pen, sharpie...) And bulk order with only 1 shipping cost?

the operator can work on two machines. therefore put another robot😂

it also helps to have flexible equipment that can allow for this. But the key is to look for that trapped labour and put it to use.

Exactly what I was looking for…thank you!

Great content, really practical for small teams. Another thing I notice on the workshop was the dust. 😅

Typical, company doesn't want to invest in increased pay or benefits for workers but instead here's some bullshit team building crap no one wants to do.

Bc we are all making fun of you behind your back and laughing about that. But you just don't understand that

Brad & Lynn this is a great tutorial for the morning meeting. Thank you for making and sharing it! 🙏

Great content, thank you very much for that, all that, but most importantly, the pitfalls section, should be inserted at the 2 sec lean book, or ask paul to reference that anyway, because your comments would have saved to most of us so much awkward moments when we lose the confidence with our people in lean.

Great video, do you guys have a video that really dives into how to calculate Throughput? Many of your videos mention this, and I dont have a strong understanding of how to effectively calculate it?

Where can I join this lean community you reference? I have two part time employees whose schedules are staggered. What are ways to implement consistent meetings?

Nice one, got a bunch of “takeaways”. Our morning huddle took a while to get going, but now it’s like brushing teeth. Cant start the day without it. And on Fridays we practice the Macarena as our stretch.

Thanks Brad and Lynn, another great pod cast Ive been doing morning meetings for over 5 years and I still learned a few new things! keep these podcasts coming.

Sack the things we would use to learn it if everything when my down sounds like a good idea hahaha

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So like maby placard your machine good and there instructions on device clear lol

Yeah the qr codes are abit silly especially if they only divert to a KZfaq video as the links do change, if you have time maybe redirect to a self run server that provides a link to KZfaq but also a way to access the video off-line or a pdf yaknow

I hate qr codes with a passion Paper copies may tear but they also work without internet or cell data

I personally enjoy hauling around 600lbs of literature every time i move. So, to each their own.

Good luck buying the machine second hand 30 years from now and trying to find out how to adjust it 😂

There is still a manual though right?

You know come to think of it that is not genius people that is put in the horse before the cart if you hire a guy to run that machine is he supposed to learn it or have learned it😂

Now you'll have everybody waiting to hear their answer rather than getting anything done

Brad, Do the employees use their own cell phones or are they provided them by the company to view the SOPs?

Brilliant Brad!

No,no,no! Murphy lives in our factory! 😂

I strongly believe that nearly any company can benefit from implementing lean principle’s. Only with 1 piece flow it’s not so easy for every production facility in my opinion. Ofcourse large batches are not economical but for a lot of businesses and production parts i personally think that small batches work betther to avoid waiting times …

Choose your gender on the way in, nice.

As soon as he pronounced Kanban as Can-ban I was out. It is pronounced Con-bahn

"at a half decent level" 😂🤣😂🤣

How did this work out during the pandemic or any other supply chain disruption?

That’s a timely lesson for me. Cheers

Keep the bins you have, just place the same sized bins next to each other = increases the appeal and keeps the function while maintaining the minimum amount of space being used. Regarding the KanBan Station... Is it so easy that someone off the street could do it w/o a single question?

We have about 6000 bins in our 2-box system for WIP and FGI, so space is an issue. We learned to standardize the depth and the footprint of the core box size to efficiently fabricate shelving. There are several fractional box footprints (1/2, 1/4, 1/8, etc) for items needing less volume and still maintain an efficient allotment of space.

Love it!! Such an amazing effort Sam! Always a pleasure Brad!

You should put an affiliate link for those binder clips! That is a brilliant solution! Buying some now