Norm O’Hara is the General Manager of a sporting equipment factory based in Southern China. He’s also a lean manufacturing enthusiast who’s excited to share the improvements he and his team are making on their journey toward organizational excellence.

In this episode we talk about:

• Treating improvement videos as a product
• Cultural challenges of applying lean in China
• (And how to overcome them)
• The power of building a physical bridge between two factories
• Reducing the number of people moving items around from 40 to 4
• And his desire to run a “world-class business”

Check it out!

Links:

• Playlist with 119 improvement videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzZiVpXQCLUmIUeg5Tx4P3BbBtfIfRsUt
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/normohara?originalSubdomain=cn
• Book a Lean Made Simple Tour: https://www.leanmadesimple.com/book-a-tour