FACTORY CHAOS to LEAN CALM: Lean Manufacturing Factory Tour

Ryan Tierney (Lean Made Simple) visits lean manufacturer Adman Steel Sheds in County Wexford, Ireland, where owner and lean enthusiast Paul Nolan and his lean team shows how they transformed their company and culture in just three years.

Also see at Adman Steel Sheds:
- Their unique lean morning meeting
- How to engage the team during 3S time
- Just-in-time lean steel beam manufacturing
- How they synchronise to achieve maximum flow
- Creating and using standard operating procedures with Gembadocs
- Their incredible magnetic lean forklift improvement

[davidluhr]

The forklift magnetic floor sweep feels like a just-in-time solution. Reminds me of "the answer is where the question is asked", but "the solution is where the problem occurs".

[mrstatham]

Excellent educational video to show Lean Manufacturing at work! Thank you.

[stillness]

11:13 shipping frame SMED swapping is brilliant

[wes_tone_thinks]

I can really appreciate the brilliance in the simplicity of solutions throughout this organization. One of my favorites that I've seen from the lean community! Thanks for sharing.

[davelelonek]

Tight team and company. Excellent video and IMHO, much better than the podcasts as this is a real world example. Great job!

[grangerforson-bizsmartglou]

Well done to all at Adam 👏🏻. I love the lean culture you have created. The power of the morning meeting, improvement time, Growing people 👍Thank you for Sharing Ryan.

[amirshahab]

Great educational content. Hope for more visits in near future with different industries as it demonstrates that Lean Management tools does work gradually.

[tablewizard]

Thanks fr sharing. Plucked five good ideas from this beauty!

[al_luke]

Inspirational stuff from Paul and the Adman team. Loads of great ideas in this.

[MarkOneill-xd]

Well done Paul and team . Thanks for sharing Ryan

[chazhinkeldey]

Wow! Great ideas and improvements yall!!

[deancooke]

Love the music during improvement time. Great idea 👌

[breathewithniall]

Love this video - so much to learn from it!

[Advancedtechnical]

Well done another great tour / video, thanks for sharing

[southweststeelbuildings]

Unbelievable job guys! Keep up the great work!

[CDI.Motorsport]

This is amazingly simple and efficient. Well done 👏👏

[CasaDeMold]

How do you understand what employee did thwir job? How do you verify it?