Incremental: The Continuous Improvement Podcast Devin Bodony and Uriel Eisen

In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss:
- Improvement Kata from the University of Michigan https://public.websites.umich.edu/~mrother/The_Improvement_Kata.html
- We should be the doers of deeds and not the cold and timid souls
- Toyota kata
- Centralized storage vs destributed storage
- Right size your inventory
- Happy accident for inventory

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In this podcast we discuss concepts from Lean Manufacturing, the Toyota Production System, and general business management to improve our businesses.
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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:
- Added material qty needed to the work order slips
- Redesigned Arda cards with a much larger image for quicker recognition
- Added a space reserve slip for jobs that need an op2
- Redesigned the assembly station and started building out some tests
- Got machines networked and hooked up to Chatter
https://chatter.dev
- Started building out internal kanban tools in Arda
- Updated standard colors in google sheets

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 podcast we discuss concepts from Lean Manufacturing, the Toyota Production System, and general business management to improve our businesses.
Thanks for listening! Please drop us a note with any and all feedback!

If you have parts you need machined, reach out to Devin@lichenprecision.com and follow on Instagram www.instagram.com/lichen_mfg

If you need CNCed Buckles, check out www.austeremfg.com and follow at on Instagram www.instagram.com/austere_manufacturing

To reach out to the podcast directly please email fixsomethingtoday@gmail.com

In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss:
- Kanban is slef reinforcing system. You need the card to be able to do the work.
- More information on the work slip is helpful.
- Excess inventory is so hard to resist. It feels primal AF
- PFEP is awesome
- Redesigning the assembly station
- Shrinking batch sizes is so nakedly advantageious in the paoint department

Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI

And 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.
Thanks for listening! Please drop us a note with any and all feedback!

If you have parts you need machined, reach out to Devin@lichenprecision.com and follow on Instagram www.instagram.com/lichen_mfg

If you need CNCed Buckles, check out www.austeremfg.com and follow at on Instagram www.instagram.com/austere_manufacturing


To reach out to the podcast directly please email fixsomethingtoday@gmail.com

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:
- Getting started with Kanban in 10 steps https://www.arda.cards/getting-started-with-order-cards-in-10-steps-118
- Updated tool break detect to avoid a colision
- Self serve for Arda is fully funcional
- Made and implemented a new french-cleat tool rack
- Made Multiple setup carts
- Production dashboard in Arda helps map value chain
- PFEP mode in Arda

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 podcast we discuss concepts from Lean Manufacturing, the Toyota Production System, and general business management to improve our businesses.
Thanks for listening! Please drop us a note with any and all feedback!

If you have parts you need machined, reach out to Devin@lichenprecision.com and follow on Instagram www.instagram.com/lichen_mfg

If you need CNCed Buckles, check out www.austeremfg.com and follow at on Instagram www.instagram.com/austere_manufacturing

To reach out to the podcast directly please email fixsomethingtoday@gmail.com

In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss:
- The more you standardize and remove touch points, edge cases become major vectors for defects
- All processes have variability. The corollary being that all processes benefit from standardization, there are none that can't be boiled down to core standards
- Eat your own dog food
- Automated 80% of creating new forwarding links

Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI

And 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.
Thanks for listening! Please drop us a note with any and all feedback!

If you have parts you need machined, reach out to Devin@lichenprecision.com and follow on Instagram www.instagram.com/lichen_mfg

If you need CNCed Buckles, check out www.austeremfg.com and follow at on Instagram www.instagram.com/austere_manufacturing


To reach out to the podcast directly please email fixsomethingtoday@gmail.com

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:
- Added Fusion tool library Artable integration with Avi
- Flow chart for shop task priorities
- Ordered anodizing supplies
- Moving condiments bar at a burger buffet
- Added desk to shipping station
- Arda for liquors in the groom room with visual controls
- Preparing to shut down DTC business

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 podcast we discuss concepts from Lean Manufacturing, the Toyota Production System, and general business management to improve our businesses.
Thanks for listening! Please drop us a note with any and all feedback!

If you have parts you need machined, reach out to Devin@lichenprecision.com and follow on Instagram www.instagram.com/lichen_mfg

If you need CNCed Buckles, check out www.austeremfg.com and follow at on Instagram www.instagram.com/austere_manufacturing

To reach out to the podcast directly please email fixsomethingtoday@gmail.com