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The LeanSuite Podcast by Angad Singh

Lean manufacturing without the theory. Short episodes on what actually happens on a shop floor after the workshop ends: where rollouts stall, why fixes don't stick, and where to start. Each one comes with two free resources from this site you can use the same day.

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Latest episodeEpisode 6 · October 10, 2026 · 11 min

It Just Takes Forever for Manufacturing

Angad on why most factories are still behind on anything digital, and why the answer is usually "we're able to do it on Excel." He walks through what he sees in discovery, why bigger companies take it on faster than small shops, and the three things a project needs to actually happen. He also lays out where a plant should start — visibility into daily in and out — and the employee count where this starts to pay for itself.

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Episode 5 · October 7, 2026 · 10 min
Corporate gives you 90 million and you find the other 10
Angad walks through how plants get handed a year over year savings target, how the budget gets built ground up and then cut, and why the target should come from the bottom up instead of top down. He goes through the different types of savings — hard savings, virtual savings, cost avoidance — and how project work gets tracked month over month. He also covers the two questions he asks before building an ROI: what is your savings target for the year, and have you been meeting it.
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- Free template · PDF and ExcelCost savings trackerA savings log with hard and soft savings, payback and Finance's sign-off, plus a glide path against the year's target.
- Free calculatorKaizen savings calculatorYearly savings, payback in months and first-year ROI of an improvement, from time saved, scrap avoided and its costs.
- Kaizen and continuous improvement
- Quality management
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Episode 4 · October 5, 2026 · 11 min
If the data isn't even there, there aren't any action items
Angad talks about what he's seen on plant floors where lean work lives on spreadsheets, paper and whiteboards with tags pinned by hand. He covers why paper means there's no data, and no data means no action items to track, why homegrown fixes break down after a few years, and where he tells people to start instead. He ends with the question he asks to see if any of it is worth it: how much admin work is going into managing all this today.
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- Free poster · PDF and PNGGemba walk questions posterNine questions to ask on a gemba walk, in three groups, and the rules of a good walk.
- Free poster · PDF and PNGSee it, say it, fix it safety posterHazard and near miss reporting in three words, with what each step means on the floor.
- Lean leadership and employee engagement
- Lean manufacturing fundamentals
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Episode 3 · September 30, 2026 · 7 min
Pick One Pilot Area, One Pain Point, And Start There
“What we usually say is, pick one pilot area and pick one very specific pain point and start there, and then grow your team and do the train the trainer and expand it throughout the facility.”
Angad Singh, in the episode
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- Free template · PDF and ExcelIdea suggestion formThe episode says start with suggestions and kaizen only. This is the form and the idea log.
- Free template · PDF and Excel1-1-90 method worksheetScore your areas, write the one pain point with a number, then plan days 30, 60 and 90 and what comes after.
- Kaizen and continuous improvement
- Lean leadership and employee engagement
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Episode 2 · September 28, 2026 · 8 min
Did We Put A Band Aid, Or Did We Actually Kill It?
“Did we put just a band aid at that time because we needed volume, or is it that we actually solved the problem so it will never happen again?”
Angad Singh, in the episode
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- Free template · PDF and ExcelTPM tag logEvery tag in one list with who fixes it and days open, so you can see which ones never close.
- Free template · PDF and ExcelOne point lesson (OPL) templateOne point on one page. The episode's rule: after 60 days it moves into standard work.
- Root cause analysis and problem solving
- Standard work, SOPs and training
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Episode 1 · September 26, 2026 · 8 min
Don't Work on Line Number Two, Work on Line Number One
“So even though they're both down for 10 minutes, forget about line two right now, work on line one.”
Angad Singh, in the episode
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- Free calculatorDowntime cost calculatorTwo lines down for 10 minutes can cost very different amounts. Put a number on each one.
- Free template · PDF and ExcelCost deployment matrixCausal and resultant losses turned into money, so the loss tree ranks by cost, not minutes.
- TPM and maintenance
- Kaizen and continuous improvement
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