Video Kaizen Success Stories

See Real Manufacturing Results. One Kaizen at a Time.

Watch Adam Lawrence share the stories, strategies, and breakthroughs behind real Kaizen transformations.

Adam Lawrence 2/9/22 Adam Lawrence 2/9/22

Championing Change in Technology

The story of how we brought Lean into our Global Technology organization.

Adam Lawrence 12/29/21 Adam Lawrence 12/29/21

It's Better to beg Forgiveness than ask Permission

The back of a factory worker, wearing a hard hat, walking towards a cluttered equipment area.

Our Kaizen team couldn’t wait for approvals to make vital changes.

Adam Lawrence 12/15/21 Adam Lawrence 12/15/21

Four Value Streams with Four Boards

A white board with Post-its stuck to it and a few dry erase markers laying in a tray.

We let each Value Stream team design their white board in a way that worked best for them

Adam Lawrence 12/1/21 Adam Lawrence 12/1/21

With Persistence and Desire Anything is Possible

Don't let anyone tell you it can't be done. There's always a way!

A rack holding many wooden boards. The ends of the wooden planks are seen in the photo.

Adam Lawrence 11/17/21 Adam Lawrence 11/17/21

The Path to Consultancy

How did I end up being a consultant and helping teams win in a sustainable way? This is the story!

A photo of Adam Lawrence, owner of Process Improvement Partners, based in Lancaster Pennsylvania, showing a mechanic in a silver hard hat how to use shims to level a conveyer.

Adam Lawrence 11/3/21 Adam Lawrence 11/3/21

Recognize the Effort, Not the Results

We want people to remember the great teams and great work they were part of. Here are some suggestions and a story about doing just that.

Adam Lawrence 10/20/21 Adam Lawrence 10/20/21

Never Give Up

It’s critical to engage team members to get their alignment and buy-in prior to the Kaizen event. Here’s a story that illustrates what happens when communication is less than adequate

Four factory workers, wearing blue lab coats and yellow hard hats, climbing up stairs, while holding the yellow hand rails.

Adam Lawrence 10/6/21 Adam Lawrence 10/6/21

Who says you can’t speed up innovation?

Even if you can't schedule an innovation, you can certainly reduce the waste in the process leading up to it.

A lab worker, wearing a white lab coat, pouring liquid from one flask into another that's sitting on the lab bench.

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.

Dozens of tools laid out on a table, in a very organized way. Similar tools are placed together.

Adam Lawrence 7/21/21 Adam Lawrence 7/21/21

Kaizen every day

Most Kaizen events last anywhere from 2 hours to 4 1/2 days. This one lasted six months.

Multiple empty seats on a bus, with purple bars to hold onto.

Adam Lawrence 7/7/21 Adam Lawrence 7/7/21

Fix it and make a difference

In a factory with thousands of improvement opportunities, helping just one person made it all worthwhile.

A factory worker, wearing a brown jacket, pushing a large cube of products along a track. He's straining to make the product move along.

Adam Lawrence 6/23/21 Adam Lawrence 6/23/21

Color Coded Badges

How an area owner took it upon himself to ensure people were doing the right thing.

A worker identification badge, from the ACME company, attached to a black lanyard and laying on a table.

Adam Lawrence 5/12/21 Adam Lawrence 5/12/21

Shine a Light on the Problem

Truly understanding the problem to be solved helped the team come up with a breakthrough solution.

A well lit metal ceiling, with square lights placed every 4 feet.

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".

A series of tools, including wrenches, pliers, and gears, laid out on a table in an organized way.

Adam Lawrence 4/14/21 Adam Lawrence 4/14/21

Macon Progress

The day I learned a hard lesson about Leadership Commitment and almost got fired.

Shadow image of two people having a lively discussion.

Adam Lawrence 3/17/21 Adam Lawrence 3/17/21

Gemba Walks

The story of how I helped a team from St. Helens improve their gemba walk and directly improve productivity.

Four people wearing yellow safety vests, one of the with a pad of paper in his hand, walking on a factory floor.

Adam Lawrence 3/3/21 Adam Lawrence 3/3/21

Best Event Ever

My catch phrase for Kaizen events caught on throughout the organization and created energy and excitement for process improvement.

Many people putting their hands on top of each other to signify teamwork and alignment.

Adam Lawrence 2/17/21 Adam Lawrence 2/17/21

Attention to Detail

This is story of how getting people to utilize standard work improved performance immediately and significantly.

An industry standard 5S audit sheet, with twelve categories to evaluate.

Adam Lawrence 2/3/21 Adam Lawrence 2/3/21

Call 911

By creating three questions, we were able to save critical minutes of preparation for the maintenance department.

A person using a desk phone to call someone. The handset is in his left hand and his right hand is pushing the number 6.

Adam Lawrence 1/20/21 Adam Lawrence 1/20/21

A Tasty Breakthrough

When our experienced engineer crushed cornflakes over the ceiling tile, we knew we had our answer.