Alan Lothian, John Dee, Russell Watkins

The Rest is Lean

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The Rest is Lean Channel is a light-hearted and educational look at how to make businesses better through Lean Manufacturing and Operational Excellence. Suited for all levels of understanding and from any industry or geographical region. John, Alan & Russell are time-served lean professionals with over 30 years each in this field. Leading and coaching some of the best businesses from SMEs to multi-nationals. Trained by some of the highest calibre Japanese masters from Toyota(one step from Ohno himself), Honda and Nissan , we want to share our experiences with you, allowing some of these 'pear...

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Alan Lothian, John Dee, Russell Watkins

Episodes

Effective Start of Shift Briefs and the negative impact of bad ones aka 'Check-in Fury' 23.01.2025 39:33

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, the guys find out that the podcast is gaining global reach and they take some Q&A from the audience. They also offer their take on the importance of starting your shift well and how to make your start of shift briefs as effective as possible. Last but certainly not least, don't miss Alan's rant about a recent airport check-in experience!! Don't...

Live Pareto charts and alternate data for effective CI Op-ex and Lean, aka 'Skip Diving' 23.01.2025 46:47

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, the guys discuss Data and Digital Transformation. From the pitfalls of planning and preparation to simple, low cost alternatives to converting data into accurate information quickly, allowing you to make the right decisions fast! John tries out his new E-Bike and finds an old photo from his distant past which some of you may recognise! Russell talks about 'tr...

We name the toughest job in manufacturing & how to support them in lean aka "well meant intent" 23.01.2025 48:51

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, the guys give their views and responses to some of the subscriber questions, including the power of perspective! Russell also poses the question on what is the toughest role in an organisation. Many of you maybe surprised by our responses!! As ever, the TRIL Team share their experiences on all of the above, and provide some ideas on how to incorporate Lean into a...