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Incremental:The Continuous Improvement Podcast — 188 episodes
Episode 191. Hope is not a stratagy
Episode 190. Kindergartens are the gold standard of lean manufacturing
Episode 189. Tool Libraries, So hot right now
Episode 187. Thinking about work in the shower
Episode 186. Only you can prevent overproduction
Episode 185. Changing Pace
Episode 184. Inventory is a reservoir of problems
Episode 183. Is Quality Free
Episode 182. What even is an SOP anyway?
Episode 181. 1st rule of Kanban. We don't talk about Kanban
Episode 180. Before you say you can’t do something…TRY IT
Episode 179. Getting high on dimensional space
Episode 178. The slow yes and the fast no
Episode 177 Muda Killer
Episode 176. Tricks of the Trade
Episode 175. Success has 1000 fathers, failure has one mother
Episode 174. Mom didn't use MRP
Episode 173. Only performance is reality
Episode 172. Craft?
Episode 171. That was some beautiful waste
Episode 170. Outrunning your headlights
Episode 169. Systems Need To Be Permeable
Episode 168. Is The Juice Worth The Squeeze
Episode 167. How to get rid of things
Episode 166. Too often we fail to question the function of existing machinery
Episode 165. "Command + Arrow" "Option + Arrow" Add shift to highlight
Episode 164. More Dopamine Hits Per Minute
Episode 163. Sh**ty Lean
Episode 162. Not generating defects is more important than finding defects
Episode 161. A bad system will beat a good person every time
Episode 160. If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
Episode 159. Don't let a good crisis go to waste
Episode 158. Shigeo Shingo your Ops
Episode 157. I heard you like shelves, so I put some shelves on your shelves
Episode 156. The Ambiguous Cube
Episode 155. Observation is the mother of improvement
Episode 154. You can't fall out of bed if you sleep on the floor
Episode 153. Overproduction
Episode 152. Tool Organization
Episode 151. Why Are We Here
Episode 150. The Job Shop Problem
Episode 149. Play is the highest form of research
Episode 148. The biggest room in the world
Episode 147. Don't water your weeds
Episode 146. Local Optima from Local Information
Episode 145. The stuff we teach works only in organizations that have people in them
Episode 144. Expediting is like a Narcotic
Episode 143. Products nobodony wants, products we don't need
Episode 142. Data Entry Sux
Episode 141. Focus is not saying no to bad ideas, it's saying no to good ideas
Episode 140. Small signs, the sign of a good time?
Episode 139. It's important to remember that everything comes to an end
Episode 138. Home Kitchen Kanban Fail
Episode 137. Don't conflate stable with static
Episode 136. Kanban fail, and what to do
Episode 135. The point that we collect the cash
Episode 134. Increase your inventory
Episode 133. Metaphors are trash
Episode 132. Stoplights vs roundabouts
Episode 131. The effect of visibility never ceases to amaze
Episode 130. Do Better
Episode 129. We use the edge case as an excuse to not start
Episode 128. Everything that has already happned must have been inevitable
Episode 127. Do what you've done, Get what you've got
Episode 126. Comprehension vs Control
Episode 125. Make your workplace into a showcase
Episode 124. Is Lean a Team Sport
Episode 123. If you have time for Improvement, then you might be dead
Episode 122. - When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves.
Episode 121. The inconspicuous standard worksheet
Episode 120. Lean paradox. Hold more of the right inventory to hold less overall inventory
Episode 119. What's 1/2 of 1/2 of 1/2 of 1/2?
Episode 118. Do you believe in silver bullets?
Episode 117. A bad system will beat a good person every time
Episode 116. Is there anyone else up there?
Episode. 115 There are many experts on how things have be done up to now
Episode. 114 - Welcome to the rant corner
Episode 113. Is Lean Snake Oil?
Episode 112. Is it Innefective or Unreliable, that is the question
Episode 111. A corporation is an Organism
Episode 110. There are so many men who can figure costs, and so few who can measure value
Episode 109. Are we the man in the arena?
Episode 108. Waste vigilantes
Episode 107. PFEP
Episode 106. Buckets vs. Barcodes
Episode 105. All the nice bits in the right place
Episode 102. Continuous improvement is not about the things you do well
Episode 101. General Chaos
Episode 100. The most effective way to improve productivity is to eliminate work
Episode 99. Leverage is your friend
Episode 98. One Bite At A Time
Episode 97. Our Visual Cortex is Badass
Episode 96. Improvement usually means doing something that we have never done before
Episode 95. The lean echochamber
Episode 94. Adaptable to Change
Episode 93. Lean culture, how do?
Episode 92. Robot painting inbound
Episode 91. Convenience will be the end of the world
Episode 90. Take the long view
Episode 89. Zen and the art of making SOP's
Episode 88. Sink your teeth into adversity
Episode 87 - Successful launch, but at what cost?
Episode 86. Boring is not always boring
Episode 85. Is this even Flow bro?
Episode 84. Standardize: anything that prevents the problem from reoccurring
Episode 83. Flow is faster, who woulda thought?
Episode 82. Improvement whiplash
Episode 81. Jidoka, but seriously how?
Episode 80. Make the right way the easiest way
Episode 79. The Five Questions
Episode 78. Don't confuse motion for progress
Episode 77. What machine should Uriel buy... Someday...
Episode 76. Be hard on the process, but soft on the operators
Episode 75. Build systems to solve the problem rather than trying to solve the problem
Episode 74. The moment of experience is the firmest reality
Episode 73. Flashlight in a dark room
Episode 72. Nothing within a horizon can have a fixed definition
Episode 71. Nobody cares about your solutions
Episode 70. Beaten over the head with target conditions
Episode 69. How close do you want to fly to the sun?
Episode 68. Habits decide our futures
Episode 67. You can't change the people around you, but you can change the people around you.
Episode 66. At least you're not using your mouse on your leg
Episode 65. Target conditions, the missing link
Episode 64. Trust (but verify) your gut
Episode 63. Should you batch your burger?
Episode 62. To improve now or to improve later. That is the question.
Episode 61. Naive to start, stubborn to finish
Episode 60. Failures are Jewels
Episode 59. The benefits of improvements go beyond dollars and cents
Episode 58. Conclusions are not always pleasant
Episode 57. Yin and Yang
Episode 56. KISS. Keep it simple stupid
Episode 55. Operation Sensitive, Process Blind
Episode 54. The 90 90 rule
Episode 53. Improvement first, production second
Episode 52. Beyond mountains there are mountains
Episode 51. Think about big things while doing small things
Episode 50. There is no such thing as a failed experiment
Episode 49. Batches. Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em
Episode 48. Testing over Talking
Episode 47. Hypostheses, overproduction, and building a culture of continuous improvement
Episode 46. Make cheap improvements
Episode 45. Your metrics are trash, also plan more/less
Episode 44. Are you building a Cabin or a Cabinet?
The inertia of existing systems, and why we keep slogging through the mud
Episode 42. Improved improvement board
Episode 41. A3! A3! A3!
Episode 40. Layers of Lean
Episode 39. Parallelism, but not that Parallelism
Episode 38. Are small improvements a waste of time?
Episode 37. Behind every big batch is a long setup
Episode 36. Upgrading workholding and streamlining paint
Episode 35. Information is inventory too
Episode 34. Assembly Jig Issues, Optimize for learning
Episode 33. Catching Fire, not in a good way
Episode 32. An open mind is foundational to improvement
Episode 31. Problem Solving, PDCA loops, and Overnight Runs
Episode 30. Standardization VS. flexibility
Episode 29. Cost accounting is silly
Episode 28. Individual VS Institutional Learning
Episode 27. WIP Boards. Don't clog your business with too many projects
Episode 26. Something is better than nothing
Episode 25. Growth, cashflow, and lead times
Episode 24. Margins. How do?
Episode 23. Murphy Strikes, single piece flow is a SOB
Episode 22. Chips, Tipping Blanks, and What to do when things are going smooth
Episode 21. What do you do when the bottleneck is you?
Episodre 20. You can't knock it out of the park everytime
Episode 19. How Kanban saved Austere Mfg $100k
Episode 18. High level strategy is great, but there's still a business to run day to day
Episode 17. Process Vs Operation, what does this really mean?
Episode 16. Vacuums, Branded tape, and Checklists
Episode 15. Don't forget about strategy
Episode 14. Don't let the bandaid fix become "Expertise"
Episode 13. Applying Theory of Constraints To Handle Limited Labor
Episode 12. Trials and Tribulations in process updates
Episode 11. Push, Pull, and Flow
Episode 10. Paint mixers, magnets, torque wrenches, and more
Episode 9. Balance, Balance, Balance
Episode 8. Standardized setups and Meta improvements
Episode 7. Standardized tooling, what should we build in house, and linked processes failure
Episode 6. Production Levelling, just when you thought you knew what lean was, they switch it all up on you
Episode 5. Single piece flow dishes? And rationalizing production
Episode 4. Is it Automation VS People, or Automation And People?
Episode 3. Is your non value added time in your production processes?
Quality of Life Rant
Episode 1. Introductions