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Hawthorne High School

We sent some tape measures, dust masks, safety glasses and a little 2P-10 to the Hawthorne High School Wood Shop, and they sent us a thank you e-mail and this awesome picture.

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TEDxBellingham

In case you missed Paul’s presentation at TEDxBellingham, here it is!!!

The American Innovator – Lean Round Table

Paul Akers, of The American Innovator broadcast, moderates a Lean Round Table with Ashley Bailey of Klime-Ezee, Greg Glebe of Xylem Design, and Nick Kocelj, of Walters & Wolf.

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Laired Technology

Paul and Leanne Akers visit a great lean plant, Laired Technology, where the team show us all their great improvements.

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Snapon Box with Kaizen Foam

Brian Schurg sent us this email and images…
“I contacted you a while back about an issue I was having with one of your products. Thanks again for your help, I thought I’d get back with you with what I finally got around to doing. I attached some pictures of the drawers I put foam in. Now,this is a Snapon box, so it ended up being about 2″ larger then your foam, but that gave me a spot for little odds and ends (pencils, markers, etc) and kinda forces me not to make a mess….I only have a small area for debris now! In the one picture you’ll see the big drawer, that is one full sheet of foam, uncut. I managed to get ALL of my air tools in there AND a few drills to boot! its great now, because if I only use a tool once every 6 months…guess where it is? right where I left it!…”

For more information on FastCap’s Kaizen Foam, visit our website.

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Car Mechanic Dreams Up a Tool to Ease Births

Check out this New York Times article by Donald G. McNeil, Jr., about how an Argentine car mechanic adapted a method to retrieve a cork from a wine bottle to develop a device that could be used to save a baby stuck in the birth canal.

We reviewed this in our morning meeting.

Lean Diswasher

Todd Henderson sent us these videos showing the art of continual improvement while emptying the silverware out of the dishwasher. For more information on lean, visit 2 Second Lean.

Lean Garage Door

Christian Dubé sent us this video showing the lean way to open the door to a heated garage. For more information on lean, visit 2 Second Lean.

FastCap Is Moving!

Paul Akers takes us on a tour of the new FastCap facility. We are so excited!!! We are planning a SHUT DOWN Dec 15, 2013 through Jan 1, 2014 to get everything moved and set up at our new facility.

Peyton Robertson

Peyton Robertson was on the Ellen Show. Now there is a kid who knows how to fix what bugs him!

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