Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-leansuite-podcast-by-angad-singh Lean manufacturing without the theory. Angad Singh, Co-Founder of LeanSuite, on what actually happens on a shop floor after the workshop ends. © 2026 Leansuite.com Corp f2e3e068-68c0-50f3-ab3a-f79644b65784 yes en Mon, 26 Oct 2026 07:06:43 -0500 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 07:07:02 -0500 https://theleansuite.com https://img.transistorcdn.com/BRnWRZAW6VtgacoxZVPd6_3AQAIcxKhX53vehP-PIis/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zNzNl/ZGZkOWE3NDc5MzU2/NWY1YTkyOGZlYmNi/OWIxMy5wbmc.jpg https://theleansuite.com episodic Angad Singh, LeanSuite Lean manufacturing without the theory. Angad Singh, Co-Founder of LeanSuite, on what actually happens on a shop floor after the workshop ends. Lean manufacturing without the theory. lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, root cause analysis, plant manager, shop floor, kaizen, 5S, downtime, skills matrix, manufacturing operations Angad Singh No No Encore: Did We Put A Band Aid, Or Did We Actually Kill It? full 46d0b521-4018-4627-9cb5-7f2f1eab7d0f https://share.transistor.fm/s/dcaaaef4 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 07:06:41 -0500 Angad Singh, LeanSuite Angad Singh, LeanSuite 490 An encore of one of the most-listened episodes of the show. Angad talks about what happens when problems get logged, bounced around and closed without ever getting to the root cause. He covers capturing every problem in one place, tags that get reassigned instead of resolved, why a one point lesson expires after 60 days, and what it takes to make a fix stick. An encore of one of the most-listened episodes of the show. Angad talks about what happens when problems get logged, bounced around and closed without ever getting to the root cause. He covers capturing every problem in one place, tags that get reassigned lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, root cause analysis, plant manager, shop floor, kaizen, 5S, downtime, skills matrix, manufacturing operations No A lot of these engagements are one time engagements full 3d8d8c06-61f9-4899-a45d-0c337558e29e https://share.transistor.fm/s/914b64f0 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:04:41 -0500 Angad Singh, LeanSuite Angad Singh, LeanSuite 287 Angad talks about why consulting engagements end and the results fade, and why people need to be doing it themselves to sustain it. He covers how a consultant can set up a client's kaizens, audits and training in a platform during the engagement and stay connected afterwards. Angad talks about why consulting engagements end and the results fade, and why people need to be doing it themselves to sustain it. He covers how a consultant can set up a client's kaizens, audits and training in a platform during the engagement and stay lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, root cause analysis, plant manager, shop floor, kaizen, 5S, downtime, skills matrix, manufacturing operations No It Just Takes Forever for Manufacturing full 759b84ce-962a-48ca-aac7-34c31fdaddb0 https://share.transistor.fm/s/75c00ea2 Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:03:43 -0500 Angad Singh, LeanSuite Angad Singh, LeanSuite 652 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. 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 pro lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, root cause analysis, plant manager, shop floor, kaizen, 5S, downtime, skills matrix, manufacturing operations No Corporate gives you 90 million and you find the other 10 full 0ce1b85a-13d0-4c7e-b651-7904fd87d9bc https://share.transistor.fm/s/b21f6949 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:05:43 -0500 Angad Singh, LeanSuite Angad Singh, LeanSuite 571 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. 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 savin lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, root cause analysis, plant manager, shop floor, kaizen, 5S, downtime, skills matrix, manufacturing operations No If the data isn't even there, there aren't any action items full d093f5c6-bea0-4ed9-9734-321ead1b8746 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b3c6d300 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:05:54 -0500 Angad Singh, LeanSuite Angad Singh, LeanSuite 636 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. 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 a lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, root cause analysis, plant manager, shop floor, kaizen, 5S, downtime, skills matrix, manufacturing operations No Pick One Pilot Area, One Pain Point, And Start There full 6a22a95b-233c-4761-bd56-7c7bf36c45a7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/ebabafb2 Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:59:19 -0500 Angad Singh, LeanSuite Angad Singh, LeanSuite 399 Angad talks about why continuous improvement rollouts stall when a company tries to open up everything at once, and what he tells clients to do instead. He covers the discovery conversation, the train the trainer approach, and staggering a rollout across facilities so the more advanced plants go first. Angad talks about why continuous improvement rollouts stall when a company tries to open up everything at once, and what he tells clients to do instead. He covers the discovery conversation, the train the trainer approach, and staggering a rollout across lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, root cause analysis, plant manager, shop floor, kaizen, 5S, downtime, skills matrix, manufacturing operations No Did We Put A Band Aid, Or Did We Actually Kill It? full cad370c6-395c-4eb8-aa81-6a2e4d54831f https://share.transistor.fm/s/a3eb026e Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:38:40 -0500 Angad Singh, LeanSuite Angad Singh, LeanSuite 490 Angad talks about what happens when problems get logged, bounced around and closed without ever getting to the root cause. He covers capturing every problem in one place, tags that get reassigned instead of resolved, why a one point lesson expires after 60 days, and what it takes to make a fix stick. Angad talks about what happens when problems get logged, bounced around and closed without ever getting to the root cause. He covers capturing every problem in one place, tags that get reassigned instead of resolved, why a one point lesson expires after 6 lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, root cause analysis, plant manager, shop floor, kaizen, 5S, downtime, skills matrix, manufacturing operations No Don't Work on Line Number Two, Work on Line Number One full d25977e5-33ea-47e7-9d29-3b61037b8802 https://share.transistor.fm/s/734496c0 Sat, 26 Sep 2026 11:19:04 -0500 Angad Singh, LeanSuite Angad Singh, LeanSuite 505 Angad walks through why two lines down for the same ten minutes can cost you completely different amounts of money, and why downtime minutes alone hide the resultant losses. He talks about walking the floor hour by hour as a data analyst, how causal and resultant losses and cost buckets get mapped onto MES data, and what a prioritized loss tree changes in a war room. He also covers what happens to that prioritization when the underlying data isn't clean. Angad walks through why two lines down for the same ten minutes can cost you completely different amounts of money, and why downtime minutes alone hide the resultant losses. He talks about walking the floor hour by hour as a data analyst, how causal and r lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, root cause analysis, plant manager, shop floor, kaizen, 5S, downtime, skills matrix, manufacturing operations No