Transforming Sperrin Metal | Live from Gemba Summit 2025
From Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time! by Lean Made Simple
November 24, 2025 · 25 min
About this episode
Ryan Tierney shares the early progress and challenges of implementing Lean Thinking at Sperrin Metal.
Only a few weeks into taking over Sperrin Metal, Ryan Tierney is revealing the first real progress inside one of the most chaotic factories he has ever stepped into in this podcast recorded live at the Gemba Summit.This is the story of what he found on day one, what has changed already, and how Lean Thinking is beginning to transform a 63-year-old manufacturing company from the inside out.In this first-phase update, Ryan shares the breakthroughs, the challenges, and the mindset shifts that accelerated improvement faster than anyone expected.From disorganised processes to early wins, from scattered workflows to the foundations of daily improvement, this episode shows the real-world reality of starting Lean in a place that desperately needed it.You’ll see:🟢 What Ryan discovered when he first walked into Sperrin Metal🟢 How the team responded to Lean from day one🟢 The first systems put in place to stabilise workflow🟢 Why culture and structure came before tools🟢 How the Lean Dream Team unlocked early momentum🟢 The mindset shifts that allowed progress in weeks, not months🟢 Why chaos is the best starting point for transformationIf you’re a factory manager, operations leader, or…
People in this episode
Host: Lean Made Simple
Guest: Ryan Tierney
Topics covered
- Lean Thinking
- manufacturing transformation
- workflow improvement
- factory management
- mindset shifts
Keywords
- Lean Thinking
- Sperrin Metal
- Gemba Summit
- manufacturing
- workflow
- transformation
- mindset shifts
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Sperrin Metal
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