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Incremental:The Continuous Improvement Podcast

by Devin Bodony and Uriel Eisen

"Incremental: The Continuous Improvement Podcast" is a weekly show where business owners share their journey implementing continuous improvement. Explore Lean Mfg, TPS, 5S, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, JIT, Kanban, and more. Gain inspiration, practical advice and join the hosts on their journey of discovery and learning. Experience the benefits of continuous improvement and lean transformation for your business.

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Episodes

  1. Episode 193. How hard should we push kanban

    In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Kanban and how hard to push it - Availability, capacity and how to quote - Weekly improvements Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI And follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us....

  2. Episode 192. If this lean stuff seems easy, you're probably not doing it

    In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalci In this...

  3. Episode 191. Hope is not a stratagy

    In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Capacity vs Capability - Inventory by location is a double edged sword - Some good improvements Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI And follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us....

  4. Episode 190. Kindergartens are the gold standard of lean manufacturing

    In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Whether asking for larger batch sizes is a viable strategy - The importance of saying no - How to get accurate load information without having an accurate schedule - The importance of minimizing side quests Please join our patreon!...

  5. Episode 189. Tool Libraries, So hot right now

    In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Industrial pannel PC https://amzn.to/3PnMgll - Vibe coding - A well-hung trash bin - Batching is still bad Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI And follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us....

  6. Episode 187. Thinking about work in the shower

    In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Training - Learning Styles - Thinking about work in the shower, is full engagement required? - The challenges of not having in station quality - Batch Testing Code Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI And follow us…

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  7. Episode 186. Only you can prevent overproduction

    In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalci In this...

  8. Episode 185. Changing Pace

    In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Identify your actual bottle necks - Your intution is wrong - Apply SMED throughout - Listen to your people Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI And follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us....

  9. Episode 184. Inventory is a reservoir of problems

    In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalci In this...

  10. Episode 183. Is Quality Free

    In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - ROI - Eating elephants - Too many ideas can kill an organization Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI And follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us. www.instagram.com/incrementalci In this…

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  11. Episode 182. What even is an SOP anyway?

    In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. pond filter - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0777KYLJS?tag=arda06-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1 Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI Please follow us on...

  12. Episode 181. 1st rule of Kanban. We don't talk about Kanban

    In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Thrift - 6 rules of kanban - FIFO racking and warehousing - When should you break your own rules? Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI And follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us....

  13. Episode 180. Before you say you can’t do something…TRY IT

    In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalci In this...

  14. Episode 179. Getting high on dimensional space

    In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Great feedback from Rob Lockwood - Tray size aka we love to batch - EPEI - Higher dimetional space Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI And follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us....

  15. Episode 178. The slow yes and the fast no

    In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalci In this...

  16. Episode 177 Muda Killer

    In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Essentiallism - The challenges of establishing a plateu - Sales pipeline - Limit WIP - Another Arda customer doubles Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI And follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and…

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  17. Episode 176. Tricks of the Trade

    In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalci In this...

  18. Episode 175. Success has 1000 fathers, failure has one mother

    In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - EPEI - Kanban vs visibility / control - Yamazumi diagram - Payments on machines Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI And follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us. www.instagram.com/incrementalci...

  19. Episode 174. Mom didn't use MRP

    In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalci In this...

  20. Episode 173. Only performance is reality

    In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Did I buy the wrong tool? - Declarative VS Procedural - Keep a spare on your desk. Just don't tell anyone - New product! Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI And follow us on Instagram and share your improvements…

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  21. Episode 172. Craft?

    In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalci In this...

  22. Episode 171. That was some beautiful waste

    In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Subassemblies collapse lead times - Edge cases must be accommodated in automation - Cadance vs schedule - Stationary production - Global optimums lead to global disruption - Loading up WIP reduces clarity and delivery times - Not enough...

  23. Episode 170. Outrunning your headlights

    In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Are we the right size ? - Value stream mapping - Are we pushing too hard? - Variability is the enemy of lean Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI And follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us....

  24. Episode 169. Systems Need To Be Permeable

    In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalci In this...

  25. Episode 168. Is The Juice Worth The Squeeze

    In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Is the juice worth the squeeze - Disruption is so costly - Balancing the ongoing waste of not improving vs the waste of disruption - Flow where you can, pull where you must Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI And...

  26. Episode 167. How to get rid of things

    In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalci In this...

  27. Episode 166. Too often we fail to question the function of existing machinery

    In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Cutting air with a planer - Reshaping spot welder tips - Unconstrained press operations - Cutting oil - 1 card vs 2 cards - Stats for getting rid of stuff - My 40 years at Ford - Cycle counts in Arda - Toyota 20 years for JIT - Know how…

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  28. Episode 165. "Command + Arrow" "Option + Arrow" Add shift to highlight

    In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalci In this...

  29. Episode 164. More Dopamine Hits Per Minute

    In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Way too much spindrift - Have you heard of kanban - Freezing breast milk is a stark example of overproduction - Linked processes is the ultimate, but is also hard - Is the perception of speed with batching just getting more hits of...

  30. Episode 163. Sh**ty Lean

    In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalci In this...

  31. Episode 162. Not generating defects is more important than finding defects

    In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Rationalize you're production - Process vs operations - Kanban - QC circles Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI And follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us. www.instagram.com/incrementalci In...

  32. Episode 161. A bad system will beat a good person every time

    In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalci In this...

  33. Episode 160. If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?

    In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Shingo Scientific Thinking Method - In house fabrication Vs purchased solution - Chain of Means and Ends - Process delays vs Lot delays - Single piece flow video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr67i5SdXiM Please join our patreon!...

  34. Episode 159. Don't let a good crisis go to waste

    In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalci In this...

  35. Episode 158. Shigeo Shingo your Ops

    In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Shingo Production System Chapter 2 and 3 - Process Vs operations - Material traceability - Type X and type Y - Who, what, where, when, why of production Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI And follow us on…

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  36. Episode 157. I heard you like shelves, so I put some shelves on your shelves

    In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalci In this...

  37. Episode 156. The Ambiguous Cube

    In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - ROI and overall direction - Radical improvements - Operations and Porcesses - Material tracability and kanban Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI And follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us....

  38. Episode 155. Observation is the mother of improvement

    In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalci In this...

  39. Episode 154. You can't fall out of bed if you sleep on the floor

    In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Focusing on upside instead of downside sensitivity - The failure mode of Kanban stockout - Fusion360 Airtable API - Prioritizing system efficiency over personal workload - CMM increasing throughput Please join our patreon!...

  40. Episode 153. Overproduction

    In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - What is Overproduction - How do we think about overproduction Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI And follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us. www.instagram.com/incrementalci In this podcast…

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  41. Episode 152. Tool Organization

    In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: -Random Tool Identifier Numbers -Predefined range storage issues -Requirements for using a random identifier system Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI And follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag…

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  42. Episode 151. Why Are We Here

    In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Why we started this podcast - How it's been - What has changed - Are we bringing value? Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI And follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us....

  43. Episode 150. The Job Shop Problem

    In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - The Travelling salesman and job shop problem - Human beings intuitive capacity for scheduling - Where we can make big gains Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI And follow us on Instagram and share your improvements...

  44. Episode 149. Play is the highest form of research

    In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Second industrial revolution - Soviet vs Free market - Arda results - Mismatch betwen priorities and calendar Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI And follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us....

  45. Episode 148. The biggest room in the world

    In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalci In this...

  46. Episode 147. Don't water your weeds

    In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalci In this...

  47. Episode 146. Local Optima from Local Information

    In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - The pitfalls of pursuing global optima - The benefits of 90% planning 10% execution (and how we're not doing that now) - Process Spectrum - The challenges of getting AI to output good information - Optimization reducing flexibility…

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  48. Episode 145. The stuff we teach works only in organizations that have people in them

    In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalci In this...

  49. Episode 144. Expediting is like a Narcotic

    In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Breaking Logjams in Knowledge Work https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/breaking-logjams-in-knowledge-work/ - POLCA Scheduling - Onsite challenges - In station quality for sales and R&D funnel Please join our patreon!...

  50. Episode 143. Products nobodony wants, products we don't need

    In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalci In this...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

"Incremental: The Continuous Improvement Podcast" is a weekly show where business owners share their journey implementing continuous improvement. Explore Lean Mfg, TPS, 5S, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, JIT, Kanban, and more. Gain inspiration, practical advice and join the hosts on their journey of discovery and learning. Experience the benefits of continuous improvement and lean transformation for your business.

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Devin Bodony and Uriel Eisen

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