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Morning Meeting Visitor

Paul – GREAT meeting this morning, thank you for letting me be a part of your team for a bit. Most enjoyable items for me were:

  • Cleaning!
  • Openness in looking for problems, asking why 5 times and getting to the root problem, and how to improve.
  • Going through the 8 wastes using real life scenarios.
  • Being aware of your surroundings (zebras and crocs – what a brutal, but motivating video).

A fun saying that goes with survival:

“Each day, a gazelle wakes up knowing he must outrun the fastest lion to survive. Each day the lion wakes up and knows he must outrun the slowest gazelle to survive. For us, that means every day, when the sun comes up, we better be running!”

You have an awesome culture there, open, honest, hardworking, not afraid, humble, and ready to work. Simply, put, you have an AWESOME team there!

The best is yet to come!

Fred Kennedy
General Manager
Pioneer Post Frame Inc

Viking Academy

Paul,

Just letting you know that I appreciate the email updates and links to the American Innovator. Also, I have no problem helping out people in our region that may reach out to you looking for some words of encouragement or knowledge / experience sharing.

Things are going well here. We just graduated our 3rd class of Viking Academy. These folks received some more targeted training in 2 second lean and cultural change to augment what is shared at our drumbeats. It’s a rewarding process. Lots of hard work, but rewarding. The group that recently graduated includes operators, material handlers, mold setup, customer service, program management, and our operations manager. It was a diverse group and allowed us to break down barriers between departments and through levels within the organization.

Have a great weekend. Travel safely.
Shawn
Viking Plastics

The American Innovator – Lake Manyara

Paul Akers, of The American Innovator broadcast, Paul Akers, of The American Innovator broadcast, continues his journey in Africa to Lake Manyara Tree Lodge.

For more information on the trip orchestrated by &Beyond, visit their website.

For more information on The American Innovator, visit our website or Facebook.

For more information on lean, go to 2 Second Lean or Facebook.

For more information on FastCap, visit our website or Facebook.

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Best Fence on Stairs

Paul Akers demonstrates how to set up and take down FastCap’s Best Fence…and even move it down a staircase! For more information on this product, visit our website.

FastCap’s New Facility Concrete Pour

Paul Akers takes us along during the concrete pour at FastCap’s new facility. Should be able to move in by December 1, 2013. Very exciting!

Learn to See Tour – Omni Duct

Paul Akers takes us along on the Lean to See Tour for Omni Duct. For more information on FastCap, visit our website. For more information on Lean, visit 2 Second Lean.

Why We Clean in the Morning

Paul Akers talks with the FastCap staff about why they clean each morning. Reasons: work efficiently, better for customer, make the rest of the day easier, eliminates mistakes, addresses abnormalities, shows respect, to make improvements, messy breed messy, eliminate distractions, and so we can EAT PEANUT BUTTER. For more information on lean, visit 2 Second Lean.

The National Parks: America’s Best Idea

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The American Innovator – Ngorongoro Crater

Paul Akers, of The American Innovator broadcast, Paul Akers, of The American Innovator broadcast, continues his journey to Africa at the magical Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania.

For more information on the trip orchestrated by &Beyond, visit their website.

For more information on The American Innovator, visit our website or Facebook.

For more information on lean, go to 2 Second Lean or Facebook.

For more information on FastCap, visit our website or Facebook.

To sign up to receive news regarding The American Innovator show, go to this link.

Bending Wood Fastedge

Paul Akers demonstrates how to apply FastCap’s Wood Fastedge around a corner (bending it). Paul also uses these FastCap products during this video: SpeedRollerPROm, TriBlade Utility Knife, & EverSand.

For more information on these products, go to these links:
Fastedge
SpeedRollerPRO
TriBlade Utility Knife
EverSand – Please note, this product has been discontinued.

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