One piece flow saved the woodshop over 3 million dollars! Lean improvement. 

First video I’ve watched on this channel and love it. We are about to take on a second unit so definitely so food for thought as we start to plan the layout :)

I studied lean several years ago when I worked in a factory. I got it, but the factory just did face time and it was so frustrating. You are smart to embrace this concept. Enjoying the videos. Anything newer than 1 year old? Loved the comments where a couple of folks complained that you did not cut by hand. That is fine for hobbyists or custom builders but not a business.

Great video guys. I’ll be sharing! Sounds like the guy coming in didn’t do you chaps many favours - greetings from Ireland.

This is great! Thanks for sharing with us.

Great video guys. Very interesting to see how you’re implementing lean in the two businesses. Thanks for providing this contact.

Flow where you can. Pull where you must. ❤

Great content guys. I’m sure you have heard of Paul Akers but if not he is the original Lean Maniac.

Hey guys I've been binging your content and I absolutely love it. Keep it going! I have a very specific question about how you handle one piece flow that I am hoping to get some guidance in, because I would love to streamline my shop to as close to a one piece flow model as possible. How do you handle a cabinet that has multiple colours of edgebanding when doing one piece flow like in the video? We are a custom shop and colour matched edgebanding on the faces of our boxes is standard. When we are a white melamine box with white doors/drawers, we can get away with just using an international white edge or equivalent. But we mix custom box colours as well. so it is not uncommon that I am running say a charcoal box or a tafisa karisma wood grain tfl, with a matching banding colour for the internal components / bottom of uppers, plus a solid colour for the faces. I know of two logical solutions, but neither will work for me - 1. Dont do colour matched banding to the doors/drawers, just match the boxes 2. Set up a second edgebander I'm curious how you handle this? Thanks boys, keep crushing it!

I congratulate you for the very professional video the organization you have. I would like to know the design they have on the wall to be able to hang things, the plywood with the squares seems very interesting to me

Just found the channel, very cool concept. How often do you two cross over business?

I like your idea of smaller batch deliveries on larger job. However on the jobs we don’t install the contractor/installers often complain about not having all the job there at the same time. It seems nuts to me to want 100 cabinets delivered and piled in the garage at once. I understand they just don’t get “lean” as a concept. Any advice/experience how to gently change their minds? In some cases I think it’s an excuse by subs as to why they can’t start installing a job so they can go finish something else and not have it be “their fault”. Thanks

This is one place where I see a common issue that can have improvements. Like most factories, you have a shop with 25'-30' ceilings, but almost everything is under 10' in height. Looking at the CNC machines, you have dust collection going up to the ceiling. This was likely an issue when you used forklifts to move product. Now that you are using carts, that extra height is no longer required. Since you are paying to heat and / or cool all that extra height, you might as well use it. Even if you just construct simple mezzanines for long term storage, the extra space can free up more usable space on the ground level.

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Excellent information! I love the idea of storing finished product in trailers. However, I'm nervous as the air is not conditioned. Do you heat or cool your trailers? How do combat this issue?

What percentage is residential verses commercial work and do you do mill work? Thanks

What kind of traillers are you talking about?

Its sad that nothing gets by hand no talent just computer stuff

Problely can't even cut anything by hand