Incremental: The Continuous Improvement Podcast

Mar 05 2025 145 ep. 46 mins 26
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"Incremental: The Continuous Improvement Podcast" is a weekly show where business owners share their journey implementing continuous improvement. Explore Lean Mfg, TPS, 5S, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, JIT, Kanban, and more. Gain inspiration, practical advice and join the hosts on their journey of discovery and learning. Experience the benefits of continuous improvement and lean transformation for your business.

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Episode 147. Don't water your weeds

Mar 05 2025 44 mins  
In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. 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 Manufacturing, the Toyota Production System, and gen

Episode 146. Local Optima from Local Information

Feb 26 2025 38 mins  
In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss:- The pitfalls of pursuing global optima- The benefits of 90% planning 10% execution (and how we're not doing that now)- Process Spectrum- The challenges of getting AI to output good information - Optimization reducing flexibility Please join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI And follow us on Instagram and share

Episode 145. The stuff we teach works only in organizations that have people in them

Feb 19 2025 44 mins  
In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each.Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCIPlease follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalciIn this podcast we discuss concepts from Lean Manufacturing, the Toyota Production System, and genera

Episode 144. Expediting is like a Narcotic

Feb 11 2025 48 mins  
In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss:- Breaking Logjams in Knowledge Work https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/breaking-logjams-in-knowledge-work/- POLCA Scheduling- Onsite challenges- In station quality for sales and R&D funnelPlease join our patreon! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCIAnd follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us. www.inst

Episode 143. Products nobodony wants, products we don't need

Feb 05 2025 57 mins  
In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. Please join our patreon! 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 Manufacturing, the Toyota Production System,

Episode 142. Data Entry Sux

Jan 29 2025 38 mins  
In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Organizing Arda's internal processes with Kanban - Accuracy in communication and documentation - Organizing with Pull without a consistent Takt 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 pod

Episode 141. Focus is not saying no to bad ideas, it's saying no to good ideas

Jan 15 2025 36 mins  
In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. 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 Manufacturing, the Toyota Production System, a

Episode 140. Small signs, the sign of a good time?

Jan 08 2025 54 mins  
In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Sushi restaurants should have small signs - Continuous improvement radiates out into the community - Minimizing WIP in software is so much more obviously worthwhile than in manufacturing - Feed forward at Costco Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI And follow us on Instagram and share your improveme

Episode 139. It's important to remember that everything comes to an end

Dec 18 2024 38 mins  
In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each. 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 Manufacturing, the Toyota Production System,

Episode 138. Home Kitchen Kanban Fail

Dec 11 2024 33 mins  
In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss: - Kanban in the home - Continuous improvement, and documentation are key - We need to get better at 3S'ing - The drill seed was awesome 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