
The Rest is Lean
Alan Lothian, John Dee, Russell Watkins
The Rest is Lean Channel is a light-hearted and educational look at how to make businesses better through Lean Manufacturing and Operational Excellence.
Suited for all levels of understanding and from any industry or geographical region.
John, Alan & Russell are time-served lean professionals with over 30 years each in this field. Leading and coaching some of the best businesses from SMEs to multi-nationals.
Trained by some of the highest calibre Japanese masters from Toyota(one step from Ohno himself), Honda and Nissan , we want to share our experiences with you, allowing some of these 'pearls of wisdom' to help make your business processes, people, and profitability that little bit better each day.
We welcome your comments, questions, and guidance on future discussion topics so feel free to drop us a line via the comments section or via email.
therestislean@gmail.com
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Categories: Business
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Send us a text Sustainability and keeping it simple!! Continuing our conversations around lean transformation and sustaining it in your business, John, Russell & Alan (Team#tril) have finally recovered from their trip to #subcon2025. As well as our regular 'Japanese Word' slot the guys continue with their tips and thoughts which can simply be put into practice to aid you on your improvement journey. John brings 'The FOG Index' and 'The Stirling Engine' to the table (which blows A...
Previous episodes
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18 - 'Goat or Car?' aka Keeping it Simple! Sun, 29 Jun 2025
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17 - Subcon2025 Special Edition Live aka Visibility & Consistency Sun, 15 Jun 2025
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16 - 'No Problem is Problem' aka Sustaining Lean Transformation Sun, 01 Jun 2025
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15 - 'Man Down Man Down!' aka Useful Gadgets & Team Dynamics Sun, 18 May 2025
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14 - 'Whippet Tricycles & Canary Cages' aka Q&A Session Sun, 04 May 2025
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13 - 'A New Season of Rambling' aka Problem Solving Exploits Sun, 20 Apr 2025
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12 - 'Look after our SMEs and Apprentices!' aka Highlights from the Make UK Conference Sun, 06 Apr 2025
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11 - 'Talking Japanese' aka The merits of using foreign words in your business Sun, 23 Mar 2025
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10 - 'A Borg Mentality' aka Starting your lean journey Sun, 09 Mar 2025
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9 - 'The Best Operator' aka Buddy Plants & Creating Pull Mon, 24 Feb 2025
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8 - 'A Dose of 5S Part 2' aka When is a red tag NOT a red tag? Mon, 10 Feb 2025
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7 - 'A Dose of 5S?' aka It's a model not a script! Sun, 26 Jan 2025
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6 - 'The Well Meant Intent' aka The Toughest Job (and how to help) Thu, 23 Jan 2025
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5 - 'Skip Diving / The Live Pareto' aka Data & Digital Transformation Tips Thu, 23 Jan 2025
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4 - 'Check-in Fury' aka The Importance of Effective Start of Shift Briefs Thu, 23 Jan 2025
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3 - 'Night Silos' aka The nature of night shifts, and avoiding silo mentality Thu, 23 Jan 2025
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2 - 'First visit Tips' aka How to understand a company quickly Thu, 23 Jan 2025
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1 - 'Avengers assemble' aka How we got started in Lean Thu, 23 Jan 2025