This episode features Andy Reith. Ron and Andy discussed working at Toyota, the challenges small businesses face, and more.
In this episode you’ll learn:
The quote that inspires Andy (2:32)
Andy’s background (3:18)
What Andy learned from working at Toyota (5:16)
What Respect for People means to Andy (6:56)
How Andy learned some of the lean tools (8:38)
What Andy is up to these days (10:15)
The challenges small businesses face (11:14)
About Origin Maine (12:33)
Some of the improvements Andy has seen (15:25)
Andy’s observations on strategy at small manufacturers (18:49)
About his own andon system (24:07)
Andy’s advice (27:24)