This episode features Jeff Kaas. Jeff explained how Kaas Tailored went from making furniture to making PPE in response to COVID-19. Jeff also shared some of the mistakes they’ve made, including reverting to batch production.
In this episode you’ll learn:
• About Kaas Tailored (4:07)
• Their PPE initiatives (6:36)
• Overcoming their fear (8:55)
• What they started with (11:43)
• How the lean mindset helped Jeff and his team (14:58)
• What didn’t work (18:57)
• Why we revert to bad habits (19:55)
• What they’ve learned and what they would do differently (25:57)
• Manufacturing face shields (32:59)
• Their production mix (35:03)
• The true power of lean (37:44)
• About their waste tours (39:41)
