How to Measure Your Near Misses
While most people think of the workplace as a fairly safe environment today, there are still a lot of risks in place. Sure, we have come a long way from the dangerous (and all too often deadly) work environments of generations past, but there are still thousands of accidents and injuries each year. In addition,…
Tony Ferraro | March 11, 2016 | Safety Solutions | Near Miss | 6 min read
5 Tips to Improve the Elimination of Waste
Elimination of Waste Whether you are implementing a specific program like Lean or 5S to help improve efficiency or you are just looking for a way to eliminate waste in your facility, it is a good idea to look at what has worked for other companies in the past. Fortunately, there is a lot of…
Tony Ferraro | March 2, 2016 | 5S | 5S | 5 min read
3 Tips to Improve Visual Communication
Improve Safety and Efficiency with Visual Communication When looking for ways to improve the organization, safety and efficiency of a facility, few things can be as effective as visual communication. Visual communication strategies are almost always very inexpensive (or even free) and can provide immediate improvements that are measurable and long lasting. The following are some…
Tony Ferraro | February 23, 2016 | Visual Safety | Visual Communication | 4 min read
Measuring 5S Performance – 5 Essential Tips
Improve Efficiency and Eliminate Facilities know that using 5S strategies is supposed to improve efficiency and eliminate waste throughout the facility. This, of course, is a very attractive goal that every company will want to take advantage of. Unfortunately, many companies and departments don’t properly measure 5S performance, so they have trouble proving whether or…
Tony Ferraro | February 18, 2016 | 5S | 5S | 4 min read
GHS Labeling – The Do’s and Don’ts
Globally Harmonized System Labeling Globally Harmonized System (GHS) labeling is an important requirement in many facilities. Whether you are looking to implement GHS labeling in a facility for the first time or you are just updating your current visual communication standards it is important to get everything right. In addition to helping to ensure your…
Tony Ferraro | February 11, 2016 | Safety Solutions | GHS, Labeling | 5 min read
Mining Safety Tips and Products
Mining Safety Pro Tips The mining industry has the potential to be one of the most dangerous in the world. Fortunately, over the past century there have been some truly amazing advancements that have helped to keep miners safer on a day to day basis. Just because things are safer today than ever before, however,…
Tony Ferraro | February 2, 2016 | Safety Products | Mining Safety | 4 min read
Triton Products Review
Organize Your Facility with Triton Products When it comes to organizing a facility, products by Triton are among the best on the market today. They don’t just manufacture high quality items, but they help to innovate and improve the things they make to help your workplace become leaner and more organized. Whether you’re just starting…
Tony Ferraro | January 17, 2016 | Product Spotlight | Safety Products, Triton | 5 min read
Industrial Label Printer – Labeling Ideas
Industrial Label Printer – Labeling Ideas Getting a facility to invest in a good industrial label printer can be difficult. While they are fairly affordable in the big scheme of things, many companies are pretty tight on the budgets so getting approval for something like a LabelTac printer for custom labeling often requires a strong…
Tony Ferraro | January 11, 2016 | Safety Products | Industrial Label Printer, Label Printer | 6 min read
Pipe Marking Ideas
Are you Looking for Some Pipe Marking Ideas? When looking through any facility you really just have to look up (or in most any other direction) to see how many pipes are running through the area. In most situations people don’t give it a second thought, but it really is quite remarkable how many different…
Tony Ferraro | January 5, 2016 | Safety Products | Pipe Marking | 7 min read
Floor Label Ideas
Improving Communication with Floor Labels Using visual communication in a facility is one of the easiest and most effective ways to improve efficiency, safety and overall productivity. If you need help coming up with effective visual communication options, one of the best places to start is with floor label ideas. There are many different types…
Tony Ferraro | December 28, 2015 | Floor Marking | Floor Labels, Floor Marking | 5 min read
Gemba in the Office
How to Gemba in the Office Many companies today use the concept of gemba to help identify areas within a manufacturing facility where improvements in efficiency can be made. The term gemba is Japanese in origin and means, “the real place.” When used in the context of manufacturing or business, this typically refers to the…
Tony Ferraro | December 22, 2015 | Gemba | Gemba | 5 min read
The Six Big Losses
Eliminate Losses When looking for ways to improve the profitability of a manufacturing facility it is important to look at the things you have the most control over. While it would be nice if you could just double the number of orders you have to fill, that is typically not going to be possible. What…
Tony Ferraro | December 20, 2015 | Lean | Lean | 5 min read
Visual Safety in Santa’s Workshop
Safety with Santa Visual safety efforts have been a major part of many workplaces for a very long time. Even before the term ‘visual safety’ was used, companies would do things like put up signs or even simpler things within the workplace. What most people don’t realize, however, is that the concept of visual safety…
Tony Ferraro | December 17, 2015 | Visual Safety | Visual Communication | 5 min read
5 Visual Factory Tips
Visual Tools for a Visual Factory The concept of a visual workplace is quite simple, but actually putting it into practice can be surprisingly difficult and complex in some cases. Using visual tools and strategies can help your facility operate more efficiently and also more safely, so it is definitely worth the effort. Fortunately, there…
Tony Ferraro | December 9, 2015 | Visual Safety | Visual Communication | 5 min read
5 Measurable Safety Goals
Preparing for Your 2016 Safety Goals When discussing workplace safety most conversations are fairly abstract and look at generic ideas that could be applied to many different facilities. This is not necessarily a bad thing as it can be very helpful when coming up with safety improvement ideas and strategies that can be implemented at…
Tony Ferraro | December 6, 2015 | Safety Solutions | Safety Solutions | 5 min read
