Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Manufacturing | Lean Office | Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership

This week's guest is Denise Meredith. Ron and Denise discussed everything from working with suppliers, to casket manufacturing, to automation. A MP3 audio version of this episode is available for download here. In this episode you'll learn:  The quote that inspires Denise (2:34) How Denise was introduced to continuous improvement (3:12) What makes people good at continuous improvement (4:56) Denise's work with suppliers (8:44) Meeting resistance (13:22) An anecdote about caskets (16:38) The impact of automation and the challenges involved (20:49) Why TPM will become even more important (24:09) Denise's advice for those new to lean (24:53) Podcast Resources Right Click to Download this Podcast as an MP3 Download a Free Audio Book at Audible.com Denise on LinkedIn Subscribe & Never Miss New Episodes! Click to Subscribe in iTunes If you enjoyed this podcast please be sure to subscribe on iTunes. Once you're a subscriber all new episodes will be downloaded to your iTunes account and