In our How to Get Started in Automation Series, I welcome back Lyle Weaver from Ehrhardt Automation Systems in Granite City, IL. Lean and single station automation is a very different approach to automating your factory. We cover a lot in this podcast from Poka-yoke and the Toyota production system to robotics and lean, project management and lean production's elimination of waste as a key element to this approach.

There are lots of reasons to start out with lean in your automation strategy:

Quality

Cost

Ergonomics

Volume and high mix environments

Ease of use and maintenance

Investment and scale

Ease of entry

Flexibility and scaleability

Time to market

If you would like to get in touch with our sponsor for this podcast, Ehrhardt Automation Systems (and they used to be called Ehrhardt Engineered Solutions) you can reach them at https://www.ehrhardtautomation.com/ or sales at [email protected] and yes they also answer the phone on 877-386-7856.

To check in with Lyle, you can catch up with him on LinkedIn

Enjoy the podcast!

Jim