Episode description
Norm O’Hara is the General Manager of a sporting equipment factory based in Southern China. He’s also a lean manufacturing enthusiast who’s excited to share the improvements he and his team are making on their journey toward organizational excellence.
In this episode we talk about:
- Treating improvement videos as a product
- Cultural challenges of applying lean in China
- (And how to overcome them)
- The power of building a physical bridge between two factories
- Reducing the number of people moving items around from 40 to 4
- And his desire to run a “world-class business”
Check it out!
Links:
- Playlist with 119 improvement videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzZiVpXQCLUmIUeg5Tx4P3BbBtfIfRsUt
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/normohara?originalSubdomain=cn
- Book a Lean Made Simple Tour: https://www.leanmadesimple.com/book-a-tour