In this episode we speak to Alan Slater, the Director of Continuous Improvement at Value Added Products based out of Oklahoma. Alan shares how quick and simple changes can affect massive results (like increasing turnover by $3 million) and how to approach implementing changes so that people are on your side and not actively resisting new processes.

Ben and Alan talk about 

• How he reduced the scrap factor along the dough production line from 20% to just 2% by slowing down the process and saved the company over 9 weeks of wasted time annually
• How a simple reorganization like going from a standard 1 hour break to a rolling break system generated over 1.2 million units and $3 million in revenue in one year
• How Alan was able to get product rolling out in just a few hours and reduced the standard 4 hour wait time resulting in an increased efficiency of 500%
• How to decrease your pit time so you can get the car on the race track more quickly
• Why digital transformation is the most obvious next step in terms of increased sustainability and reducing waste- the simplest example to consider being the 5000 page catalogs that most companies used to produce and how obsolete they are now.

We hope this interview provides some food for thought and we'd love to hear your feedback. What do you want to hear about on the podcast next?