Adam Lawrence 8/29/24 Adam Lawrence 8/29/24

Leadership Commitment in a Challenging Situation

When my team leader came down with COVID, I thought it would be wise to delay the Kaizen event. He wanted to push through and joined us virtually on the first day. Even without him physically in the room with the team, we didn't miss a beat and made some significant improvements.

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Adam Lawrence 8/1/24 Adam Lawrence 8/1/24

Getting More than they Bargained for

We were conducting the first 5S Kaizen at the plant. With so much disorganization and clutter, it was affecting the team's changeover performance. When I introduced the concept of Spaghetti Diagrams, it opened their eyes to the possibilities and reduced the changeover time by more than 50%.

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Adam Lawrence 3/6/24 Adam Lawrence 3/6/24

The First Area Owner at the Furniture Company

When we started the Kaizen event, one of our team members thought we wouldn't accomplish much. In the middle of the week, he stepped up and took charge of a critical improvement area.

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Adam Lawrence 2/28/24 Adam Lawrence 2/28/24

Charting the Course of Critical Information

We thought we had found all of the opportunities in our electronics lab 5S Kaizen. Until we realized that a critical communication was taking so long that the customer was waiting for their results unnecessarily.

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Adam Lawrence 7/27/22 Adam Lawrence 7/27/22

Go With the Flow

An electronics testing lab sees breakthrough improvement through simple changes.

Adam Lawrence 4/20/22 Adam Lawrence 4/20/22

Let it Go

In one of our earliest 5S events, we learned that the team was more important than the work.

Adam Lawrence 8/25/21 Adam Lawrence 8/25/21

Ownership at the Right Level

Our Pilot Plant strategy helped us eliminate the need for the HATED annual clean up.

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Adam Lawrence 4/28/21 Adam Lawrence 4/28/21

This Stuff Works

Credibility was gained from the user of the system, rather than the "expert".

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Adam Lawrence 9/16/20 Adam Lawrence 9/16/20

Even the Most Organized Person Can Improve

We had to be strategic when picking the first Pilot Plant area to work on with a 5S event.

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Adam Lawrence 8/5/20 Adam Lawrence 8/5/20

Lead From the Front - The Story of the Pink Tools

The team thought that all of the tools would be lost if we placed them on a board for everyone to use. When I suggested to paint them pink, that got their attention

A messy tool box, with a drawer open, exposing a lot of wrenches that are in no particular order.

Our Pilot Plant strategy helped us eliminate the need for the HATED annual clean up.

Credibility was gained from the user of the system, rather than the "expert".

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