Planet Lean: The Official online magazine of the Lean Global Network
Swimming against the tide

Swimming against the tide

Roberto Priolo
Roberto
Priolo
October 19, 2023

WEB SERIES - In this episode, we head to Chilean Patagonia to visit a manufacturer of fish feed that turned to Lean Thinking to improve yield and eliminate inventory gaps and stock-outs.


Scripted, edited and narrated by: Roberto Priolo


Biomar Chile is a great example of the cultural transformation lean can lead to. Prior to embracing Lean Thinking, the company used TPM but found that progress was sluggish and took away people's motivation. Today, with the help of Lean Institute Chile, they have learned to leverage the capabilities of their people to turn around their process.


THE NARRATOR

Roberto Priolo is Editor of Planet Lean and Head of Communications at the Lean Global Network

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