AME 2 Second Lean Tour: Best Damn Doors

Best Damn Doors makes and sells medium-density fiberboard (MDF) cabinet doors directly to its customers (friends, partners and fellow problem solvers) without the middleman. From its St. Thomas, Ontario location, the company has developed products and processes that improve quality, speed and service to the point of producing doors two times faster than before. Combine this with a team of process engineers committed to continuous improvement and a never-ending desire to develop and grow its people, and there is never a dull moment!
Best Damn Doors produces and sells MDF cabinet doors directly for end customer use without the middleman of general contractors. Working closely with its customers, Best Damn Doors quickly deliver high quality cabinet doors all while maintaining a 2 Second Lean culture of continuous improvement driven by the never ending desire to develop and grow its people first. www.bestdamndo...
This event is part of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence's 2 Second Lean Tour series hosted by Paul Akers, author of the book 2 Second Lean and owner of FastCap.
See previous tour recordings at • 2 Second Lean .
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[@HudsonLighting]

Really enjoying your tour! Re the dust - MDF is pretty nasty stuff. Have you considered on tool vacuums? Perhaps even battery versions for the mobility of hand tools. Companies like makita do on tool battery vacuums.

[@John-Brown]

I wonder if they could build plexiglass containers around their sanding stations where the operator could see the wood they are sending and have holes to stick their arms through the plexiglass to do the work. You often see this setup in chemistry labs when they're handling dangerous chemicals.

[@peterfarkas943]

3d printed sanding blocks are crazy. Could you show detail about it? Dou you just glue the sanding paper to the block?

[@jeremiahnielson]

I see this plywood “pegboard’s” in a lot of lean shops Brad what did you call it again?? Yt boards? Btw Brad I’ve watched all you videos! Very inspiring!

[@madant42]

A wonderful tour filled with enthusiasm and clever improvements.

[@johnnyspropshop]

Great tour, material handling and work flow fantastic.

[@JackBusseyUK]

Great tour Brad!

[@TheAMEConnect]

Glad you enjoyed it. More 2 Second Lean Tours to come!