Lean manufacturing is a method used in factories to enhance productivity. As part of lean manufacturing, 5S strategies are quite common sense and you would expect the posters to be easily accepted in an organization. However, it is not that easy to change working habits. As a result, factory managers may decide to use lean posters to make the employees understand the need for lean practices. What is 5S?…
Mike Wilson | January 15, 2013 | Lean | Lean, Lean Posters
The main purpose of a safety tape is to tell people they are not allowed access to a particular area. Sometimes, this is just meant to protect a certain aspect of the area. In other cases, the tape is meant to alert people of danger or risks. One of the most common black and yellow safety tapes is the construction tape. This tape is generally used…
Mike Wilson | January 14, 2013 | Safety Products | Floor Marking, Floor Tape, Safety Tape
In the factory or workshop, the possibility of items piling up in one place is rife. To prevent such a problem, facilities use the red tag method. This is simply a way of identifying the flagged items. When some employees have identified the items, everybody in the facility will know that somebody plans to remove them from that area. After the people in the workplace reach a consensus about that…
Mike Wilson | January 11, 2013 | Safety Products | Red Tags, Workplace Safety
The Importance of Floor Tapes in Industrial Safety Today, with the increase in industrialization, the need for safety has multiplied in organizations all over the world. One of the safety measures that have become quite effective and hence more popular is the use of floor marking tapes. Types of Floor Tapes and Their Purpose There are different types of floor tapes that are in use today, and…
Mike Wilson | January 10, 2013 | Floor Marking, Safety Products | Floor Marking, Safety
If you work in a factory or workshop, you understand just how important safety tapes are. Managers in non-office firms use the vinyl safety tapes to show important areas and mark off hazardous areas. There are various needs in the modern workplace, thus the need for a wide variety of safety tapes. For efficiency in alerting and directing people in the workplace, workshop and factory managers prefer…
Mike Wilson | January 9, 2013 | Safety Products | Safety Tape, Vinyl Tape
Recent years have seen the business environment become very competitive. This, coupled with recent economic upheavals, means that most businesses face challenges of their lifetime. Therefore, it is paramount for such outfits to create survival methods, and increase security and efficiency in their premises. One of the best ways of enhancing efficient operation in the warehouse is proper floor marking, popularly known as 5S marking. Floor markings…
Mike Wilson | January 8, 2013 | Floor Marking | Floor Marking
The need for safety and order in the workplace is not disputable. There are many ways in which management can develop these aspects. Managers can either paint or use marking tapes to set boundaries, alleys and other sections in the workplace. For the best results, it is important to use concise and proper items to make demarcations in facilities. Brady Handimark is renowned for production of quality…
Mike Wilson | January 7, 2013 | Safety Products | Facility Marking, Safety Signs, Workplace Safety
There is so much activity on the floor of the regular workshop or factory. Most notably, these facilities have a flurry of activities involving both man and machine. From the common person’s point of view, it is very difficult to put all these things in order. Actually, the factory manager can organize the facility through tools such as forklift floor signs. The use of floor markings to…
Mike Wilson | January 4, 2013 | Safety Products | Facility Marking, Floor Marking, Floor Signs, Forklift Safety, OSHA, Safety, Safety Signs
An arc flash happens when electrically energized equipment undergoes an electrical fault. It is actually a flow of electric current in the surrounding air. The temperature around the equipment may rise to temperatures of about 30,000 degrees Fahrenheit, causing even metal to vaporize. When this metal vapor and the hot air combine, a great explosive force could result. If an arc flash happens in a factory setting, it…
Mike Wilson | January 3, 2013 | Safety Solutions | Arc Flash, Electrical Safety, Fire Safety, OSHA, Regulations & Compliance, Safety
Since the starting of the industrial age, companies are continuously putting all their efforts to get the best ways to improve their overall production method whilst guaranteeing the incomparable quality for their products. Hence, in order to make companies achieve best methods to improve their production quality, the concept of Muri, Muda, and Mura introduced. These concepts brought various fruitful results for all those companies which follow…
Mike Wilson | January 2, 2013 | Lean | Lean, Muda, Mura, Muri
We all know how important pipe marking is to keep employees safe within the workplace. However, finding the right pipe marking tape suppliers can be a difficult task. We know quality of the product, price, and great customer service is important when purchasing any product. That is why we are recommending a few pipe marking suppliers that we feel will deliver you quality products combined with quality of service…
Mike Wilson | January 1, 2013 | Safety Products | Pipe Marking
Caution signs and yield anti slip floor signs are used for alerting and reminding people in and around workplaces, walkways and related areas to exercise caution when walking in these places. These self adhesive vinyl signs are sub-surface printed. They are also laminated by a protective sheath. This protective layer is a non- slip vinyl surface having a rough and pebbled texture. This gives the sign extra…
Mike Wilson | December 28, 2012 | Safety Products | Floor Marking, Floor Signs, Safety, Safety Signs, Workplace Safety
Foam inserts, as the name suggests, are used for packaging and filling out packages. There is a wide range of packaging foam available for this purpose. Today, one can purchase custom foam inserts in following formats: Polyethylene Closed cell polyethylene Polyether Polyurethane Neoprene Stratocell Foam inserts can also be made available in laminated finishes using suede, leather and other combinations along with a self adhesive backing layer.…
Mike Wilson | December 27, 2012 | Safety Products | Facility Efficiency, Lean Manufacturing, Tool Organization
The 5S audit Check or 5S Organization Checklist is a bench-marking checklist that assesses how well a factory or an office is organized. It is based on the 5S principles which we will discuss shortly. A safe and productive workplace needs structure and discipline. That is the crux of the 5S audit. It provides a framework that defines efficiency and organization for the systematic working of a workplace. The…
Mike Wilson | December 26, 2012 | 5S | 5S, Lean
Safety in foreign countries is way below the standards of the USA, but you can actually find the they exact same problem of wiring and code violations maybe even in your own house or work. As may works cut corners in the hope to speed up the project not really caring about the purchaser. It is very disheartening that in spite of several laws, codes and stipulations by the government, we…
Mike Wilson | December 22, 2012 | Safety Solutions | Workplace Safety
