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 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 6/9/21 Adam Lawrence 6/9/21

Let's see how things go

Standing by your convictions can lead to breakthrough performance.

An overhead view of a factory, with multiple conveyers and a palletizer, making large boxed products.

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

If it Fits, it Ships

Using Tell, Show, and Do prevented a problem that would have created a poor customer experience.

A clean and organized warehouse, well lit, with everything on shelves and off of the floor.

Adam Lawrence 3/31/21 Adam Lawrence 3/31/21

Go to Gemba, even if you don't want to

This is the story of how I challenged the plant manager to go to the Gemba to verify his assumptions about the factory floor. Spoiler alert - he learned something he wasn’t expecting.

Four people, all wearing grey shirts, one female, three male, discussing an issue on a factory floor.

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 10/14/20 Adam Lawrence 10/14/20

Beer is the Answer

The crew wasn’t interested in reducing scrap, as it was too vague a concept for them. Once I compared our losses to amounts of beer, the light bulbs of understanding came on.

Many different sizes of beer bottles, lined up on a table.

Adam Lawrence 9/2/20 Adam Lawrence 9/2/20

Simpler is Better

Removing equipment from the line made things flow more smoothly and productivity rose.

A curvy conveyer, with other conveyer below it in a factory. There are no products being run on it at the moment.

Adam Lawrence 5/27/20 Adam Lawrence 5/27/20

Little Things Mean a Lot

Small changes to the conveyer line made a significant positive impact in performance and reliability

A warehouse worker, wearing a safety vest and hard hat, carrying a box. Other workers are blurred in the background.

See Real Manufacturing Results. One Kaizen at a Time.

Standing by your convictions can lead to breakthrough performance.

Using Tell, Show, and Do prevented a problem that would have created a poor customer experience.

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