Our work at Lean Smarts brings us into contact with many companies interested in or practicing 2 Second Lean, authored by Paul Akers. The book presents lean in a wonderfully fun … [Read More...]
DIY Lean Manufacturing for Small Business
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We’ve found that many people are looking for help to either learn lean, transform their organization, or connect with other lean practitioners. Choose one of the options above and we’ll direct you to our best resources to reach your goals!
New Course – Visit Xylem Design
Experience a day at Xylem Design
See what five years of practicing 2 Second Lean and the Toyota Production System looks like!
Discover their lean management systemExperience Xylem’s lean cultureWatch our full-length interview with CEO Greg Glebe
The Major Struggles that 2 Second Lean Companies Face
Our Favorite 2 Second Lean Videos
Over the years Paul Akers and his company Fastcap have created hundreds of noteworthy 2 Second Lean videos. You can always visit the company lean video library or YouTube channel, … [Read More...]
The Most Important Quality For Your Lean Journey
One area of focus we love to write about at Lean Smarts is what might be called the "soft skills" of lean. The hard skills are plenty and obvious: value stream mapping, heijunka, … [Read More...]
A Little Bit About Us…
Hi there, I am Daniel Crawford and the founder of Lean Smarts.
Through my career as a Training Manager, General Manager, and Manufacturing Engineer I’ve become a lean enthusiast with a passion to help and teach others. Lean is fun! It disappoints me that much of what the internet has to offer in lean is complicated and hard to piece together.
At Lean Smarts we strive to make a difference by making lean accessible to all, while keeping it effective, easy, and fun.
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