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GA 467 | What Makes a Brilliant Process with Andy Reith

Avatar photo By Jessica Bush Updated on March 16th, 2023

This week’s guest is Andy Reith. Ron and Andy discussed Andy’s time at Toyota as well as a tannery, and what Andy believes a brilliant process looks like. An MP3 audio version of this episode is available for download here.

In this episode you’ll learn: 

  • The quote Andy likes (2:30)
  • Andy’s background (3:30)
  • How the tannery worked out (7:23)
  • What a brilliant process looks like (10:21)
  • What lean in footwear production is like (13:32)
  • How he reinforced takt time (17:50)
  • Advice Andy has for those just getting started (23:40)
  • The great factories Andy has visited (25:57)

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