When I look around the internet for reviews of competing brands of label makers, I can’t help but be constantly reminded of the Brother company. They are one of the industry standard brands for consumer-level labeling machines. Their PT-65 model is another home/hobby variety of labeling machine, and I don’t think it’s in the same category with our LabelTac industrial label printers, so I can write about…
Mike Wilson | July 14, 2012 | Safety Products | Industrial Label Printers, Label Makers, Labeling
What to Consider Before Buying an Industrial Label Maker If you are planning on purchasing an industrial-grade thermal label printer, you need to weigh several factors. Let’s face it, these kinds of machines are not cheap—they aren’t like the flimsy ones that folks buy to make organizational labels for their home, or for scrapbooking—these are commercial-level equipment, and they’re designed to hold up to all the rigors…
Mike Wilson | July 13, 2012 | Safety Products | Industrial Label Printer, Industrial Label Printers, Label Makers, Label Printer, Labeling, Safety Signs
Understanding Kaizen and Continuous Improvement Kaizen, often described as “change for the better,” is a core idea behind continuous improvement and Kaizen events. The concept plays an important role in Lean manufacturing and other process-focused environments. To understand kaizen more clearly, James A. Bruce explains in his article What Is Kaizen? The term represents an ongoing effort to improve processes, solve problems, and eliminate waste. What Kaizen…
Mike Wilson | July 13, 2012 | Kaizen, Lean | Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing
Refreshing the Basics of 5S It is always good to refresh your memory with the basics of any methodology. The 5S methodology is composed of Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain. Bogart McGraw, in his article Introduction to 5S System, Fundamentals Explained explains that even though the system dates back to Japan in the 1500s, it was improved and defined by an automotive industry leader.…
Mike Wilson | July 12, 2012 | 5S | 5S, Organized Workplace
Misconceptions in lean manufacturing are easy to make, but they are dangerous! And anyone can misinterpret and misrepresent things. Mark Graban provides a striking example of a misconception in his blog post Should Have a Question Mark: Inc’s “The Leanest Startup?” : “Inc. Magazine didn’t have the question mark in the headline, but I think it should be there. Much as the WSJ often just gets it…
Mike Wilson | July 12, 2012 | Lean | 5S, Lean Manufacturing
Have you heard the story about the lifeguard in Florida who was fired because he saved a swimmer’s life?! Mark Graban writes an interesting post on his Lean Blog about the incident. In his post Lifeguard Saves Swimmer, Gets Fired, Graban compares the shocking response to the lifeguard’s laudable action to possible consequences of overly strict rules in the Lean work place: A lifeguard, Tomas Lopez, was…
Mike Wilson | July 12, 2012 | Lean | Continuous Improvement, Lean Manufacturing
What is it? How can this help my company achieve higher goals? In an economy focused on regrowth and restructure, businesses all over are trying to innovate wherever they can. Kaizen can be the beginning of looking at business like never before. In a typical corporate structure top to bottom, the corporate level makes all the decisions. Under the Kaizen model every level; from CEO through the…
Mike Wilson | July 10, 2012 | Kaizen | Continuous Improvement, Kaizen
Why paint lines to mark your aisles or safety lanes? It is a mess. It chips off. It looks terrible as it wears. Instead save time and money with industrial floor tapes such as SafetyTac and enhance the looks of your industrial space. SafetyTac is strong – industrial tapes are now widely regarded by companies of all sizes to be the most effective, long-lasting method for marking…
Mike Wilson | July 9, 2012 | Floor Marking | Aisle Marking, Aisle Marking Tape, Floor Marking, Floor Paint, Forklift Safety, Safety
A quick, comprehensive run through of our DuraStripe aisle marking product line in a few minutes, which will save you and your business time and money! I wanted to take a couple of minutes of your time to send you a ‘refresher course’ on the DuraStripe product line. Let me give our DuraStripe 101 class or go directly to our web site: https://www.creativesafetysupply.com/Durastripe/ DURASTRIPE SUPREME V AND DURASTRIPE…
Mike Wilson | July 6, 2012 | Safety Products | Floor Marking
Here’s a question from a healthcare leader that I thought I’d share for input from you, the blog readers. This person is looking to change their hiring and people “sourcing” practices after visiting ThedaCare and learning about their “Human Development Value Stream” work. Based on your experience, what do you think are the most important characteristics/attributes a person needs to have to be successful in a Lean…
Mike Wilson | July 4, 2012 | Lean | Continuous Improvement, Kaizen, Lean, Lean Culture
