The Lean Machine
summary
Hands-on Lego production game runs three timed iterations with four stations building houses; first iteration uses a push system and produces zero accepted houses with about 190 bricks unused, second adds kanban limits and sells 2 houses with inventory dropping to ~105 bricks, third reorganizes into cross-functional teams and delivers 8 houses (5 + 3), producing the best throughput. Key lessons: reduce WIP, make bottlenecks visible, use pull signals and continuous Kaizen to improve flow.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Lean Machine intro
- 1:55Lean manufacturing history
- 4:24Game rules setup
- 9:34First iteration results
- 17:50Push system waste
- 22:38Pull system Kanban
- 26:58Second iteration Kanban
- 30:36Iteration results analysis
- 32:01Bottlenecks uneven work
- 37:49Kanban limits flow
- 38:55Kaizen continuous improvement
- 41:02Team restructuring
- 42:40Third iteration results
- 47:00Profit calculation
- 49:08Team collaboration review
- 51:02Lean summary
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