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...
Apr 10, 2024•36 min
In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - The 9th lean waste - Reducing chaos in the company - Defining lanes in the shop - Ran out of saw blades 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 ...
Apr 03, 2024•35 min
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 record update time field on air table - Cam template updates - Computer file 3S - Used a box to make a table at the saw - Test shop cart - New email template for onboarding wholesale accounts Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagra...
Mar 27, 2024•32 min
In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - The challenge of testing parts of systems without overhauling the entire system is really big - High leverage activities in your busines - Your time can be worth thousands of dollars doing the right activities. How do you do those more? 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 ...
Mar 20, 2024•38 min
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: - Propagated new work-order slips to the shop floor that tie back to airtable - Adding functionality to the new Airtable database - Bulk printing in Arda - Color coding - Fixing logos - Added QR code generation to the SOP / knowledge base tab - Standardizing sticker sizes Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI Please f...
Mar 06, 2024•45 min
In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Visual controls and getting back to data is so important - Firefighting is bad - Little improvements don't add up... they compound - Do you need to earn using a computer? 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 ...
Feb 28, 2024•47 min
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: - Implemented QR codes on Kanban from Airtable -Lots of updates to Kanbunny.com -New method for racking to eliminate plugging threaded holes - Basic workflow for keeping Airtable and physical tooling storage synced Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag ...
Feb 21, 2024•42 min
In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Doing quick tests of new ideas - The need for trust to get people to build low fidelity prototypes - Start systemizing early to avoid huge lifts later - Go and see job mix 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...
Feb 14, 2024•48 min
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: - Updated Airtable - Kanbunny system is doing a lot of our ordering - Tool Kanban printed from air table - Number range for long tools 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...
Feb 07, 2024•34 min
In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Tooling system and knock-on effects - Kanban systems - Automation need checks 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 an...
Jan 31, 2024•36 min
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: - Adding default names for CAM templates - Light switches and home automation - Color coding stickers for order groupes - Robotic paint updates - Melded Fusion templates - A matere todo list - Saw infeed fix Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www....
Jan 24, 2024•37 min
In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Kanban database - Tool org - Burnout - Time / money managment 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! ...
Jan 17, 2024•54 min
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: - Using soft jaws as a fixture -Ran air to our rod parter - New method for creating SOPs - New book keeping email group to streamline data transfer - Maintaining a customer focus is key. It seems easy but it is not. Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag...
Jan 10, 2024•41 min
In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Optimizing for contradictory ideas creates the most powerful solutions - SIngle piece flow on CAM - In station quality is not enough. Every operation needs to make good parts - How to make SOPs 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...
Jan 03, 2024•40 min
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: - Fusion CAM templates - Progress on the robot - Quality manual - Tool management system continued - Auto screw feeder - Maker Pipe - new tumbling station and degrease station 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 t...
Dec 27, 2023•44 min
In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - How to deal with shifts in the business - What should we improve and when? - Successful launch but at what cost? 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...
Dec 20, 2023•44 min
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: - Responsibilities and prioritization rubric - Reorganized the oven batches - PAPR and shop safety - Printing out bin tags for tool org - Sand blaster optimization - More racking for the oven Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/in...
Dec 15, 2023•43 min
In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Start small, no perfection - Flow VS push - Lean for small business 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 feed...
Dec 13, 2023•59 min
Shoutout to Lean Built and Lean Made Simple podcasts for inspirations on this weeks' episode! 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: - Shipping labels with part numbers - Paint oven trays - Signage on scrap bins - Timers for each batch in one oven - Changes to job board Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI Please follow us on Instagram and share your impr...
Dec 08, 2023•37 min
In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Is training an improvement? - How to update Kanban quantities as a built in mechanism - Achieving flow, reducing batch sizes, and synchronizing processes 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 imp...
Dec 06, 2023•54 min
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: - Updated R450 Probing - Updated Fusion folders - Assembly and sewing jigs - Handing off G Code macro edits - VIse blow out to eliminate defects 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...
Dec 01, 2023•40 min
In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - When things are busy, when do you improve? - It's crazy to try to improve everything all the time - Jidoka? For real? - The three stone-cutters 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 b...
Nov 29, 2023•40 min
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: - Make the right way the easiest way! - Put your phone in a time out - First program run on a machine that was programed by not Devin - New computer - New automation loading scheme - New flip method on the automation Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and ta...
Nov 24, 2023•1 hr 4 min
In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - How should we think about making improvements and time management - The 5 questions from Toyota Kata - Not enough bandwidth to make all the improvements - The solution should be obvious if you fully understand the problem 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, ...
Nov 22, 2023•47 min
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: - Manual Passthrough CNC Code - Updated sewing jig - Changed to Shrink Fit on another cutter - Moved the workstation at the R450 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 Manuf...
Nov 17, 2023•35 min
In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Information flow in the shop - Tool organization - Shop carts - Work order slip reorg 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 wit...
Nov 15, 2023•58 min
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: -Cam Templates -U shaped cells -Kanban updated -Job completion SOP -Rotate tool setup -Laminated cards at the CNC for setup notes -New tool tags 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...
Nov 10, 2023•31 min
We're doing a poll. Please write us and tell us what you do for a living! To reach out to the podcast directly please email fixsomethingtoday@gmail.com In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Build systems to solve a problem rather than trying to solve the problem. - Optimize for learning - Visibility of processes and priorities in the shop - Tool management Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI And follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and ta...
Nov 08, 2023•1 hr 4 min
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: - 20 yard dumpster for chips - Beter 3D printed plastics - New tools for the CNC - Small garbage cans - Ziptie pedals - Moving white boards 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...
Nov 03, 2023•1 hr 1 min
In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Problem solving - A3 and where you should spend time planning - QR codes were invented by Denso - Process decay when missing target conditions Please join our patreon! 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 b...
Nov 01, 2023•50 min
