The Best Meeting Is No Meeting | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E137
Andrew shares a recent experiment in his shop: installing a full Sonos sound system and changing the structure of morning meetings and 3S time to give employees more room to pursue real improvements. ...
9 Mars 43min
Safety Over Throughput: The Leadership Test Shop Owners Fail | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E136
A tornado tears through Bloomington, leading Andrew and Jay to discuss practical leadership during real-world emergencies. From there, the conversation shifts back to the shop floor: chip conveyors on...
2 Mars 52min
Beyond ‘Fix What Bugs You’ w/ Russell Watkins | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E135
In this special guest episode, Andrew sits down with Russell Watkins, co-founder of Sempai. Andrew first met Russell at the Gemba Summit in Belfast, where Russell delivered a keynote titled “10 Lightb...
23 Feb 55min
Make Defects to Eliminate Defects | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E134
Jay and Andrew unpack a provocative quote from Shigeo Shingo: “If you don’t know why defects are occurring, make some defects.”It sounds like lean heresy at first. But they explore why some defects ar...
16 Feb 39min
Why Goodwill Beats Winning in Business | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E133
The way you treat people in business often matters more than the deal itself. Andrew and Jay talk about what happens when something breaks, an emergency hits, or you need a favor...and why companies t...
9 Feb 50min
The Quiet Way Lean Improvements Fail | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E132
What does a good lean elevator pitch sound like? Why do small, well-intentioned improvements end up causing problems later (hint: it helps to document things)? And how do owners listen closely to cust...
2 Feb 51min
Just Because You Can Cut It Doesn’t Mean You Should Quote It | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E131
Andrew and Jay walk through a situation a lot of shop owners have faced: a brutally tight print that can be machined but can’t be verified with confidence. At least not without the right metrology, sy...
26 Jan 49min
When Simple Systems Beat Smart Ones | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E130
Jay and Andrew talk through everyday shop systems that seem simple until they aren’t: HVAC, shutdown routines, checklists, timers, and light automation. They compare notes on where “smart” solutions h...
19 Jan 34min
