Lean Built: Manufacturing Freedom
Jul 6, 2026 · 45 min · 8 segments
This week, Jay and Andrew treating vendors like partners, and why that pays off. They also dive into the evolution of their daily morning meetings, sharing how they’re constantly tweaking the format…
We had a spare mini fridge we used to use to keep team drinks in our break room, but we needed enough storage space for lunches that we needed to add a second full-size fridge.
And so that mini fridge got obsoleted.
It got put in storage in the back of the building.
Really muggy, high humidity, high temperatures, very sunny.
Just you go outside and you just start sweating.
And I'm trying to remember, I'm not sure where I got this from.
I asked if it was from you, but you said no.
So it may have been Ryan Tierney or somebody else.
But we took the mini fridge, cleaned it out, bleached it, prepped, got it all freshened up, and then stocked it with water, sparkling water, and Gatorade.
And put it on a little stand right by our loading dock inside the building with a sign that says, free drinks for delivery drivers.
Beautiful.
I love it.
So it's not for our team.
It's for the drivers.
Great.
Shout out to Ruben.
We appreciate you.
Yeah.
And- And recognizing that we could be a – there have been times in the past when it's been obviously hot and I've offered somebody a cold drink, but I have to jog all the way to the other end of the building to get it out of the break room fridge and then run back with it.
And it's way easier to just have it right there at the point of use and make sure that it's visible to the drivers with a sign that they can read and understand.
Right.
And we've already gotten a number of thank yous this week, but it is just a way for us to show our appreciation.
We had a spare mini fridge we used to use to keep team drinks in our break room, but we needed enough storage space for lunches that we needed to add a second full-size fridge.
And so that mini fridge got obsoleted.
It got put in storage in the back of the building.
Really muggy, high humidity, high temperatures, very sunny.
Just you go outside and you just start sweating.
And I'm trying to remember, I'm not sure where I got this from.
I asked if it was from you, but you said no.
So it may have been Ryan Tierney or somebody else.
But we took the mini fridge, cleaned it out, bleached it, prepped, got it all freshened up, and then stocked it with water, sparkling water, and Gatorade.
And put it on a little stand right by our loading dock inside the building with a sign that says, free drinks for delivery drivers.
Beautiful.
I love it.
So it's not for our team.
It's for the drivers.
Great.
Shout out to Ruben.
We appreciate you.
Yeah.
And- And recognizing that we could be a – there have been times in the past when it's been obviously hot and I've offered somebody a cold drink, but I have to jog all the way to the other end of the building to get it out of the break room fridge and then run back with it.
And it's way easier to just have it right there at the point of use and make sure that it's visible to the drivers with a sign that they can read and understand.
Right.
And we've already gotten a number of thank yous this week, but it is just a way for us to show our appreciation.
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