Lean Legends | Brad Cairns | My Door Factory
About this episode
Brad Cairns is the senior principal at Quantum Lean and is dedicated to improving the woodworking industry in North America using lean methods. He also owns My Door Factory and Stolbek Machines.
In this episode he shares:
- Why he changed his company name from “Best Damn Doors”
- His first exposure to “lean manufacturing”
- How waste is like gravity
- Going from making 5 doors per day to 52 within a few weeks of implementing lean
- And how he developed a multi-million pound product by solving his own problems
Check it out!
Links:
- Brad’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@QuantumLean
- Stolbek Machines: https://stolbek.subscribemenow.com/
- My Door Factory: https://mydoorfactory.ca/
- Book a Lean Made Simple Tour: https://www.leanmadesimple.com/book-a-tour
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