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What’s a Fastcap?

What’s a Fastcap?

by RISQ Consulting / Tuesday, 27 August 2019 / Published in Blog

By Tonya Mott

On a journey to implement a LEAN culture in our office, I learned about Fastcaps.

What’s a Fastcap?

Self-adhesive stickers that cover screws on cabinets:

What is LEAN?

The Methodology:

  1. Deliver value from your customer’s perspective
  2. Eliminate waste (things that don’t bring value to the end product)
  3. Continuous improvement

What in the world do these two things have in common?

Feeling overwhelmed about how to implement the LEAN methodology in our work environment.  I came across a book, “2 Second Lean”, written by Paul Akers, the founder of the company Fastcap.  After reading his book I checked out their website and found that even though the company was started as a woodworking/cabinetry business they promote LEAN and have a Youtube channel dedicated to the movement.  They are all about sharing their LEAN experience with the world so that others can benefit as they have.

Here is a short video giving a tour of their facility: https://youtu.be/jYby_HczyDA  

Fastcap inspired me to start our journey with an office-wide cleanup effort.  Ironically, during our cleanup, I found the Fastcap’s in the picture above in our storage room buried at the bottom of a box full of various computer cords. 

I plan to write additional blog posts about our LEAN adventures and include some impressive before and after photos!

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