Lean Legends | Norm O’Hara | Springfree Trampolines

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