Incremental:The Continuous Improvement Podcast

In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvments they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. 8 Lean wastes - Over production, Over Processing, Excess inventory, Defects, Transportation, Wasted motion, Waiting, Wasted human potential Some of the improvements include: - CAM templates for standardized workholding - Uriel went on vacation and everything kept working! -...

In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - SMED. Single Minute Exchange of Dies - Fundamental principles of SMED, assessing your processes - Internal vs. External Setup processes. Distinguishing and converting - Some examples of transitioning internal to external setup in our own businesses Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us .www.instagram.com/inc...

In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvments they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. 8 Lean wastes - Over production, Over Processing, Excess inventory, Defects, Transportation, Wasted motion, Waiting, Wasted human potential Some of the improvements include: - Adding paint racks and shelving - Reprogrammed cams to eliminate defects - Moved paint scale - Leb...

In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Information inventory. Look for it to find your bottlenecks - Austere Doubled their throughput! - Production levelling is key when using Kanban - Kanban for paint, and how to keep the mill running - Small things are big when they Compound - Employee satisfaction and retention. The things that matter to bring on an employee are different t...

In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvments they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. 8 Lean wastes - Over production, Over Processing, Excess inventory, Defects, Transportation, Wasted motion, Waiting, Wasted human potential Some of the improvements include: - Assembly jig issues and modifications - Job tracking changes to address missed shipments - Sewing...

In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Growing Pains - Group theory for job shop lean - Problem solving as double loop feedback - TOC for guiding people vs TPS for building people - Empirical evidence of batch delays due to spatial separation - Mass transit vs uber/taxi as an example of local vs global optimums Episode Quote: Everyone forgets Icerus also flew. I believe that I...

In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvments they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. 8 Lean wastes - Over production, Over Processing, Excess inventory, Defects, Transportation, Wasted motion, Waiting, Wasted human potential Some of the improvements include: - Pneumatic Assembly Jigs - Generic Setup Point and Call - Air system optimization - Forklift purcha...

In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss - Problem solving methods. Really identify the problem before proposing a solution - A3 Method. What is it, and how do you use it - PDCA Loops for organizational learning - The costs of wasted motion in a shop - Overnight runs, and how they can alter your workflow Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us. www.inst...

In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvments they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. 8 Lean wastes - Over production, Over Processing, Excess inventory, Defects, Transportation, Wasted motion, Waiting, Wasted human potential Some of the improvements include: - WIP board -Paperless Parts (semi-automated quoting) -Tool tags -Extending run times and overnight...

In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss the issues of cost accounting, TOC, bottlenecks, and weather to build custom solutions in house. Other topics discussed include - Production issues - Problem solving and R&D - Keeping money in the organization Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalci In this podcast we discuss c...

<!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}-->In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvments they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. 8 Lean wastes - Over production, Over Processing, Excess inventory, Defects, Transportation, Wasted motion, Waiting, Wasted human potential Some of the improvements include: - Sewing Jig Rev 2 - S...

In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss WIP Boards, making sure you're effective in implementing new projects Other topics discussed include - What it means when we say a process requires "feel" - Experiments with Kanban quantities - The voice of the customer into the production environment - What are the real effects of Excess capacity in a production environment -...

In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvments they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. 8 Lean wastes - Over production, Over Processing, Excess inventory, Defects, Transportation, Wasted motion, Waiting, Wasted human potential Some of the improvements include: - Fume Hood on gasout oven - Extended spring magazine for assembly fixture - Parts counter on sewing...

In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss Timing, the importance of clear definitions of your problems, and lead times. Other topics discussed include - Throughput Accounting - Lead times as they relate to Cash Flow Management - Single piece flow failures in the wider world - Ideas for creating good Quality Assurance and Quality Control systems in a growing shop Please follow us on...

In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvments they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. 8 Lean wastes - Over production, Over Processing, Excess inventory, Defects, Transportation, Wasted motion, Waiting, Wasted human potential Some of the improvements include: - Job Board color coding - Scrap Counting SOP - Work Order Checklists - Coolant Filtration - One and...

In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss flow, job boards / job management, and a day of cascading production issues Other topics discussed: - Flow vs. pull analogy Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalci In this podcast we discuss concepts from Lean Manufacturing, the Toyota Production System, and general business manage...

In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. 8 Lean wastes - Over production, Over Processing, Excess inventory, Defects, Transportation, Wasted motion, Waiting, Wasted human potential Some of the improvements include: - drilled holes in chip shovel - Started working on a play book for the shop Please follow us on In...

In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss flow, theory of constrains, and how to handle when human labor is your bottleneck. Other topics discussed: - Kanban in a jobshop - Stats on uptime on the CNCs - How to subordinate to a labor bottleneck Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalci In this podcast we discuss concepts from...

In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. 8 Lean wastes - Over production, Over Processing, Excess inventory, Defects, Transportation, Wasted motion, Waiting, Wasted human potential Some of the improvements include: - Got a whiteboard for the morning meeting - Printed tool tags - Washdown improvements - Added some...

In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss Kanban and how it might be applied to a job shop to help manage allocation of man power and enhance flow and machine uptime Other topics discussed: - How kanban saved Austere MFG $100K 6 rules of Kanban from TPS 1- Later process picks up the number of items indicated by kanban at the earlier process - Provides Pick-up or transport info 2- Ea...

In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. Some of the improvements include: - Finding machine status screen in the CNC control - Machine washdown - COG's calculations - Marking areas with tape - Lathe chuck jaw caddies - New tool tags with magnets in them Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvemen...

In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin talk about Processes Vs Operations. This concept, while a bit confusing, is really foundational to all of the Toyota Production System, Six Sigma, and Lean manufacturing ideas. Other topics discussed: - Single source of truth - Putting the answer where the questions is - Tool management Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and t...

In this episode Uriel and Devin talk about reducing lean concepts to practice. They discuss the various improvments they've made this past week. Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalci In this podcast we discuss concepts from Lean Manufacturing, the Toyota Production System, and general business management to improve our businesses....

In this episode Uriel and Devin talk about how continuous improvement has given us the space to step back and think about overarching strategy.

In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. Some of the improvements include: - Workholding SOPs - Handing off program proveouts - Lightburn - New tooling - Pop filter for the podcast - Hot knife station mod - Magnifier lamp at mill - Morning meeting template - Podcast template improvements - Organizing the producti...