Incremental: The Continuous Improvement Podcast
By Devin Bodony and Uriel Eisen
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Episodes: 186
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"Incremental: The Continuous Improvement Podcast" is a weekly show where business owners share their journey implementing continuous improvement. Explore Lean Mfg, TPS, 5S, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, JIT, Kanban, and more. Gain inspiration, practical advice and join the hosts on their journey of discovery and learning. Experience the benefits of continuous improvement and lean transformation for your business.
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Episode 189. Tool Libraries, So hot right now
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May 06, 2026 |
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Episode 187. Thinking about work in the shower
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Episode 186. Only you can prevent overproduction
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Episode 185. Changing Pace
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Episode 184. Inventory is a reservoir of problems
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Episode 183. Is Quality Free
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Episode 182. What even is an SOP anyway?
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Episode 181. 1st rule of Kanban. We don't talk about Kanban
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Episode 180. Before you say you can’t do something…TRY IT
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Episode 179. Getting high on dimensional space
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Episode 178. The slow yes and the fast no
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Episode 177 Muda Killer
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Episode 176. Tricks of the Trade
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Episode 175. Success has 1000 fathers, failure has one mother
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Episode 174. Mom didn't use MRP
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Episode 173. Only performance is reality
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Episode 172. Craft?
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Episode 171. That was some beautiful waste
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Episode 170. Outrunning your headlights
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Episode 169. Systems Need To Be Permeable
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Episode 168. Is The Juice Worth The Squeeze
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Episode 167. How to get rid of things
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Episode 166. Too often we fail to question the function of existing machinery
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Episode 165. "Command + Arrow" "Option + Arrow" Add shift to highlight
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Episode 164. More Dopamine Hits Per Minute
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Episode 163. Sh**ty Lean
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Episode 162. Not generating defects is more important than finding defects
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Episode 161. A bad system will beat a good person every time
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Episode 160. If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Episode 159. Don't let a good crisis go to waste
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May 28, 2025 |
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Episode 158. Shigeo Shingo your Ops
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May 21, 2025 |
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Episode 157. I heard you like shelves, so I put some shelves on your shelves
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May 14, 2025 |
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Episode 156. The Ambiguous Cube
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May 07, 2025 |
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Episode 155. Observation is the mother of improvement
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Episode 154. You can't fall out of bed if you sleep on the floor
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Episode 153. Overproduction
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Episode 152. Tool Organization
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Episode 151. Why Are We Here
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Episode 150. The Job Shop Problem
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Episode 149. Play is the highest form of research
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Episode 148. The biggest room in the world
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Episode 147. Don't water your weeds
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Episode 146. Local Optima from Local Information
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Episode 145. The stuff we teach works only in organizations that have people in them
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Episode 144. Expediting is like a Narcotic
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Episode 143. Products nobodony wants, products we don't need
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Episode 142. Data Entry Sux
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Episode 141. Focus is not saying no to bad ideas, it's saying no to good ideas
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Episode 140. Small signs, the sign of a good time?
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Episode 139. It's important to remember that everything comes to an end
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Episode 138. Home Kitchen Kanban Fail
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Episode 137. Don't conflate stable with static
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Episode 136. Kanban fail, and what to do
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Episode 135. The point that we collect the cash
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Episode 134. Increase your inventory
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Episode 133. Metaphors are trash
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Episode 132. Stoplights vs roundabouts
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Episode 131. The effect of visibility never ceases to amaze
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Episode 130. Do Better
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Episode 129. We use the edge case as an excuse to not start
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Episode 128. Everything that has already happned must have been inevitable
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Episode 127. Do what you've done, Get what you've got
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Episode 126. Comprehension vs Control
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Episode 125. Make your workplace into a showcase
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Episode 124. Is Lean a Team Sport
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Episode 123. If you have time for Improvement, then you might be dead
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Episode 122. - When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves.
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Episode 121. The inconspicuous standard worksheet
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Episode 120. Lean paradox. Hold more of the right inventory to hold less overall inventory
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Episode 119. What's 1/2 of 1/2 of 1/2 of 1/2?
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Episode 118. Do you believe in silver bullets?
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Episode 117. A bad system will beat a good person every time
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Episode 116. Is there anyone else up there?
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Episode. 115 There are many experts on how things have be done up to now
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Episode. 114 - Welcome to the rant corner
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Episode 113. Is Lean Snake Oil?
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Episode 112. Is it Innefective or Unreliable, that is the question
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Episode 111. A corporation is an Organism
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Episode 110. There are so many men who can figure costs, and so few who can measure value
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May 29, 2024 |
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Episode 109. Are we the man in the arena?
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May 15, 2024 |
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Episode 108. Waste vigilantes
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May 08, 2024 |
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Episode 107. PFEP
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May 01, 2024 |
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Episode 106. Buckets vs. Barcodes
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Episode 105. All the nice bits in the right place
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Episode 102. Continuous improvement is not about the things you do well
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Episode 101. General Chaos
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Episode 100. The most effective way to improve productivity is to eliminate work
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Episode 99. Leverage is your friend
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Episode 98. One Bite At A Time
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Episode 97. Our Visual Cortex is Badass
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Episode 96. Improvement usually means doing something that we have never done before
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Episode 95. The lean echochamber
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Episode 94. Adaptable to Change
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Episode 93. Lean culture, how do?
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Episode 92. Robot painting inbound
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Episode 91. Convenience will be the end of the world
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Episode 90. Take the long view
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Episode 89. Zen and the art of making SOP's
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Episode 88. Sink your teeth into adversity
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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Episode 87 - Successful launch, but at what cost?
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Episode 86. Boring is not always boring
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Episode 85. Is this even Flow bro?
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Episode 84. Standardize: anything that prevents the problem from reoccurring
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Episode 83. Flow is faster, who woulda thought?
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Episode 82. Improvement whiplash
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Episode 81. Jidoka, but seriously how?
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Episode 80. Make the right way the easiest way
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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Episode 79. The Five Questions
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Episode 78. Don't confuse motion for progress
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Episode 77. What machine should Uriel buy... Someday...
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Episode 76. Be hard on the process, but soft on the operators
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Episode 75. Build systems to solve the problem rather than trying to solve the problem
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Episode 74. The moment of experience is the firmest reality
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Episode 73. Flashlight in a dark room
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Episode 72. Nothing within a horizon can have a fixed definition
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Episode 71. Nobody cares about your solutions
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Episode 70. Beaten over the head with target conditions
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Episode 69. How close do you want to fly to the sun?
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Episode 68. Habits decide our futures
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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Episode 67. You can't change the people around you, but you can change the people around you.
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Episode 66. At least you're not using your mouse on your leg
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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Episode 65. Target conditions, the missing link
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Episode 64. Trust (but verify) your gut
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Episode 63. Should you batch your burger?
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Episode 62. To improve now or to improve later. That is the question.
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Episode 61. Naive to start, stubborn to finish
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Episode 60. Failures are Jewels
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Episode 59. The benefits of improvements go beyond dollars and cents
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Episode 58. Conclusions are not always pleasant
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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Episode 57. Yin and Yang
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Episode 56. KISS. Keep it simple stupid
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Episode 55. Operation Sensitive, Process Blind
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Episode 54. The 90 90 rule
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Episode 53. Improvement first, production second
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Episode 52. Beyond mountains there are mountains
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Episode 51. Think about big things while doing small things
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Episode 50. There is no such thing as a failed experiment
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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Episode 49. Batches. Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Episode 48. Testing over Talking
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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Episode 47. Hypostheses, overproduction, and building a culture of continuous improvement
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Episode 46. Make cheap improvements
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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Episode 45. Your metrics are trash, also plan more/less
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Episode 44. Are you building a Cabin or a Cabinet?
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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The inertia of existing systems, and why we keep slogging through the mud
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Episode 42. Improved improvement board
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Episode 41. A3! A3! A3!
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Episode 40. Layers of Lean
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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Episode 39. Parallelism, but not that Parallelism
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Episode 38. Are small improvements a waste of time?
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Episode 37. Behind every big batch is a long setup
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Episode 36. Upgrading workholding and streamlining paint
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Episode 35. Information is inventory too
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Episode 34. Assembly Jig Issues, Optimize for learning
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Episode 33. Catching Fire, not in a good way
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Episode 32. An open mind is foundational to improvement
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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Episode 31. Problem Solving, PDCA loops, and Overnight Runs
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May 31, 2023 |
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Episode 30. Standardization VS. flexibility
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May 26, 2023 |
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Episode 29. Cost accounting is silly
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May 24, 2023 |
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Episode 28. Individual VS Institutional Learning
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May 19, 2023 |
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Episode 27. WIP Boards. Don't clog your business with too many projects
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May 17, 2023 |
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Episode 26. Something is better than nothing
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May 12, 2023 |
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Episode 25. Growth, cashflow, and lead times
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May 10, 2023 |
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Episode 24. Margins. How do?
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May 05, 2023 |
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Episode 23. Murphy Strikes, single piece flow is a SOB
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May 03, 2023 |
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Episode 22. Chips, Tipping Blanks, and What to do when things are going smooth
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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Episode 21. What do you do when the bottleneck is you?
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Episodre 20. You can't knock it out of the park everytime
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Episode 19. How Kanban saved Austere Mfg $100k
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Episode 18. High level strategy is great, but there's still a business to run day to day
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Episode 17. Process Vs Operation, what does this really mean?
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Episode 16. Vacuums, Branded tape, and Checklists
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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Episode 15. Don't forget about strategy
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Episode 14. Don't let the bandaid fix become "Expertise"
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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Episode 13. Applying Theory of Constraints To Handle Limited Labor
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Episode 12. Trials and Tribulations in process updates
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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Episode 11. Push, Pull, and Flow
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Episode 10. Paint mixers, magnets, torque wrenches, and more
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Episode 9. Balance, Balance, Balance
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Episode 8. Standardized setups and Meta improvements
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Episode 7. Standardized tooling, what should we build in house, and linked processes failure
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Episode 6. Production Levelling, just when you thought you knew what lean was, they switch it all up on you
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Episode 5. Single piece flow dishes? And rationalizing production
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Episode 4. Is it Automation VS People, or Automation And People?
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Episode 3. Is your non value added time in your production processes?
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Quality of Life Rant
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Episode 1. Introductions
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Jan 22, 2023 |