A New Sponsor: American LED-gible, Inc.

American LED-gible Products

I'd like to welcome American LED-gible (www.ledgible.com) as a sponsor on the Lean Blog.

About the company:

American LED-gible Incorporated has been in business since 1976 providing process control solutions for the workplace. We are a small, family owned and operated business. Manufacturing is done here in Columbus, Ohio.

I'm certainly happy to be promoting a company that is committed to American manufacturing. They told me many of their competitors are importing products, while they are remaining in Ohio. I asked American LED-gible if they indeed use their own products for supporting Lean production in their factory. Their response:

Yes, we use our products for different operations on the production floor.

• Timers for wash time, clean up, testing,etc.
• Production pace timers goal vs actual for pacing PC board fabrication/stuffing, wave soldering,etc.
• Light indicators for process complete indication,etc. (mainly qc/testing)
• LED alphanumeric boards for general data

As a Lean thinker, you will probably recognize the need for andon boards, takt time indicators, and other visual controls for a Lean factory (or any Lean environment, such as a hospital laboratory).

Look for their ad below in the left column and check out their products. Stay tuned for an exciting LeanBlog Contest. Thanks to American LED-gible's generous sponsorship, we'll be giving away a black 8 Gig iPod Nano (pre-loaded with all episodes of the LeanBlog Podcast, or a CD of them, your choice). Stay tuned for how to enter.

Click on the “Contest” link for some previous LeanBlog contests. This one will be another “submit a Lean story” type challenge.

If you’re working to build a culture where people feel safe to speak up, solve problems, and improve every day, I’d be glad to help. Let’s talk about how to strengthen Psychological Safety and Continuous Improvement in your organization.