Only 7 months into their Lean Journey- Capco Inc. a $65M company headquartered in Grand Junction, CO has seen benefits and inventory improvements by implementing Kanban.

Capco Inc. has 100,000 square feet, 404 employees and has been around since 1968. They are a Department of Defense critical supplier.

This interview is with the Paul Kobishop the Director of Production and Inventory control. He has over 30 years of lean experience and is a great example of how a company can speed up results by using an experienced coach.

"We have a product that has 2500 parts and we will implement kitting to help supply hardware to the lines for these products" Paul Kobishop mentioned.

"The biggest surprise has been the results from using kanban. Operators have fewer stock-outs and are able to keep working.

"Focusing upon the eight wastes is also important."

"Education plays a big step. We had to do a whole bunch of education to support the kanban effort."

"Two big takeaways-

1. It's important to have a document system
2. You have to have executive support

It's a multi-year process and they need to supply resources

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