

Incremental: The Continuous Improvement Podcast
Devin Bodony and Uriel Eisen
"Incremental: The Continuous Improvement Podcast" is a weekly show where business owners share their journey implementing continuous improvement. Explore Lean Mfg, TPS, 5S, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, JIT, Kanban, and more. Gain inspiration, practical advice and join the hosts on their journey of discovery and learning. Experience the benefits of continuous improvement and lean transformation for your business.
Episodes
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Jan 31, 2024 • 36min
Episode 93. Lean culture, how do?
In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss:
- Tooling system and knock-on effects
- Kanban systems
- Automation need checks
Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI
And follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us. www.instagram.com/incrementalci
In this podcast we discuss concepts from Lean Manufacturing, the Toyota Production System, and general business management to improve our businesses.
Thanks for listening! Please drop us a note with any and all feedback!
If you have parts you need machined, reach out to Devin@lichenprecision.com and follow on Instagram www.instagram.com/lichen_mfg
If you need CNCed Buckles, check out www.austeremfg.com and follow at on Instagram www.instagram.com/austere_manufacturing
To reach out to the podcast directly please email fixsomethingtoday@gmail.com

Jan 24, 2024 • 37min
Episode 92. Robot painting inbound
In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each.
Some of the improvements include:
- Adding default names for CAM templates
- Light switches and home automation
- Color coding stickers for order groupes
- Robotic paint updates
- Melded Fusion templates
- A matere todo list
- Saw infeed fix
Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI
Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalci
In this podcast we discuss concepts from Lean Manufacturing, the Toyota Production System, and general business management to improve our businesses.
Thanks for listening! Please drop us a note with any and all feedback!
If you have parts you need machined, reach out to Devin@lichenprecision.com and follow on Instagram www.instagram.com/lichen_mfg
If you need CNCed Buckles, check out www.austeremfg.com and follow at on Instagram www.instagram.com/austere_manufacturing
To reach out to the podcast directly please email fixsomethingtoday@gmail.com

Jan 17, 2024 • 54min
Episode 91. Convenience will be the end of the world
In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss:
- Kanban database
- Tool org
- Burnout
- Time / money managment
Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI
And follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us. www.instagram.com/incrementalci
In this podcast we discuss concepts from Lean Manufacturing, the Toyota Production System, and general business management to improve our businesses.
Thanks for listening! Please drop us a note with any and all feedback!
If you have parts you need machined, reach out to Devin@lichenprecision.com and follow on Instagram www.instagram.com/lichen_mfg
If you need CNCed Buckles, check out www.austeremfg.com and follow at on Instagram www.instagram.com/austere_manufacturing
To reach out to the podcast directly please email fixsomethingtoday@gmail.com

Jan 10, 2024 • 41min
Episode 90. Take the long view
In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each.
Some of the improvements include:
- Using soft jaws as a fixture
-Ran air to our rod parter
- New method for creating SOPs
- New book keeping email group to streamline data transfer
- Maintaining a customer focus is key. It seems easy but it is not.
Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI
Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalci
In this podcast we discuss concepts from Lean Manufacturing, the Toyota Production System, and general business management to improve our businesses.
Thanks for listening! Please drop us a note with any and all feedback!
If you have parts you need machined, reach out to Devin@lichenprecision.com and follow on Instagram www.instagram.com/lichen_mfg
If you need CNCed Buckles, check out www.austeremfg.com and follow at on Instagram www.instagram.com/austere_manufacturing
To reach out to the podcast directly please email fixsomethingtoday@gmail.com

Jan 3, 2024 • 40min
Episode 89. Zen and the art of making SOP's
In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss:
- Optimizing for contradictory ideas creates the most powerful solutions
- SIngle piece flow on CAM
- In station quality is not enough. Every operation needs to make good parts
- How to make SOPs
Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI
And follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us. www.instagram.com/incrementalci
In this podcast we discuss concepts from Lean Manufacturing, the Toyota Production System, and general business management to improve our businesses.
Thanks for listening! Please drop us a note with any and all feedback!
If you have parts you need machined, reach out to Devin@lichenprecision.com and follow on Instagram www.instagram.com/lichen_mfg
If you need CNCed Buckles, check out www.austeremfg.com and follow at on Instagram www.instagram.com/austere_manufacturing
To reach out to the podcast directly please email fixsomethingtoday@gmail.com

Dec 27, 2023 • 44min
Episode 88. Sink your teeth into adversity
In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each.
Some of the improvements include:
- Fusion CAM templates
- Progress on the robot
- Quality manual
- Tool management system continued
- Auto screw feeder
- Maker Pipe - new tumbling station and degrease station
Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI
Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalci
In this podcast we discuss concepts from Lean Manufacturing, the Toyota Production System, and general business management to improve our businesses.
Thanks for listening! Please drop us a note with any and all feedback!
If you have parts you need machined, reach out to Devin@lichenprecision.com and follow on Instagram www.instagram.com/lichen_mfg
If you need CNCed Buckles, check out www.austeremfg.com and follow at on Instagram www.instagram.com/austere_manufacturing
To reach out to the podcast directly please email fixsomethingtoday@gmail.com

Dec 20, 2023 • 44min
Episode 87 - Successful launch, but at what cost?
In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss:
- How to deal with shifts in the business
- What should we improve and when?
- Successful launch but at what cost?
Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI
And follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us. www.instagram.com/incrementalci
In this podcast we discuss concepts from Lean Manufacturing, the Toyota Production System, and general business management to improve our businesses.
Thanks for listening! Please drop us a note with any and all feedback!
If you have parts you need machined, reach out to Devin@lichenprecision.com and follow on Instagram www.instagram.com/lichen_mfg
If you need CNCed Buckles, check out www.austeremfg.com and follow at on Instagram www.instagram.com/austere_manufacturing
To reach out to the podcast directly please email fixsomethingtoday@gmail.com

Dec 15, 2023 • 43min
Episode 86. Boring is not always boring
In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each.
Some of the improvements include:
- Responsibilities and prioritization rubric
- Reorganized the oven batches
- PAPR and shop safety
- Printing out bin tags for tool org
- Sand blaster optimization
- More racking for the oven
Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI
Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalci
In this podcast we discuss concepts from Lean Manufacturing, the Toyota Production System, and general business management to improve our businesses.
Thanks for listening! Please drop us a note with any and all feedback!
If you have parts you need machined, reach out to Devin@lichenprecision.com and follow on Instagram www.instagram.com/lichen_mfg
If you need CNCed Buckles, check out www.austeremfg.com and follow at on Instagram www.instagram.com/austere_manufacturing
To reach out to the podcast directly please email fixsomethingtoday@gmail.com

Dec 13, 2023 • 59min
Episode 85. Is this even Flow bro?
In this Concepts Edition episode Uriel and Devin discuss:
- Start small, no perfection
- Flow VS push
- Lean for small business
Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI
And follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us. www.instagram.com/incrementalci
In this podcast we discuss concepts from Lean Manufacturing, the Toyota Production System, and general business management to improve our businesses.
Thanks for listening! Please drop us a note with any and all feedback!
If you have parts you need machined, reach out to Devin@lichenprecision.com and follow on Instagram www.instagram.com/lichen_mfg
If you need CNCed Buckles, check out www.austeremfg.com and follow at on Instagram www.instagram.com/austere_manufacturing
To reach out to the podcast directly please email fixsomethingtoday@gmail.com

Dec 8, 2023 • 37min
Episode 84. Standardize: anything that prevents the problem from reoccurring
Shoutout to Lean Built and Lean Made Simple podcasts for inspirations on this weeks' episode!
In this episode Devin and Uriel talk about some of the improvements they made over the past week and the thinking behind each.
Some of the improvements include:
- Shipping labels with part numbers
- Paint oven trays
- Signage on scrap bins
- Timers for each batch in one oven
- Changes to job board
Please join our patreo! https://patreon.com/IncrementalCI
Please follow us on Instagram and share your improvements and tag us.www.instagram.com/incrementalci
In this podcast we discuss concepts from Lean Manufacturing, the Toyota Production System, and general business management to improve our businesses.
Thanks for listening! Please drop us a note with any and all feedback!
If you have parts you need machined, reach out to Devin@lichenprecision.com and follow on Instagram www.instagram.com/lichen_mfg
If you need CNCed Buckles, check out www.austeremfg.com and follow at on Instagram www.instagram.com/austere_manufacturing
To reach out to the podcast directly please email fixsomethingtoday@gmail.com


