Spring Clean your Business Processes
Spring is here again! Spring is usually a time for fresh starts, new ideas, and that inevitable spring cleaning. However, when many of us think about spring cleaning we automatically think about doing household chores such as sweeping out the garage and cleaning and reorganizing the house. We rarely think, “Oh, spring is here, it is…
Mike Wilson | March 25, 2013 | 5S | 5S
5S Floor Marking
5s floor marking is a concept which is recommended to help improve the safety and efficiency of any factory or other manufacturing facility. The idea is that the floors of a factory should be clearly marked to convey valuable information to anyone traveling through the area. While there is no set guideline indicating exactly how…
Mike Wilson | March 15, 2013 | Floor Marking, Safety Solutions | 5S, Facility Efficiency, Facility Marking, Floor Marking
Value Stream Mapping
Value stream mapping is a technique which is commonly used to analyze and design the flow of materials or information that is required to move a product from conception to the hands of a customer. It is an important part of the lean manufacturing process and when done properly can help increase the efficiency of…
Mike Wilson | February 25, 2013 | Value Stream | 5S, Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing, Value Stream, Value Stream Mapping
Everything You Need To Know About the 5S Audit
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…
Mike Wilson | December 26, 2012 | 5S | 5S, Lean
Knowing About the 5S Principles
The Kaizen or the 5S principles are one of the most successful business principles in use today. It is very versatile because it does not only help companies to enhance their performance within the workplace but in their personal lives as well. The unique aspect is that the principles can also be applied on a…
Mike Wilson | December 20, 2012 | 5S | 5S, Lean
How to introduce 5S concept in the work environment?
As a concept, 5S is intended to produce the best results in any given work environment. This includes things like productivity and wasted time, the happiness and safety of employees, and of course the overall profitability of your business. The S’s themselves stand for sort, set in order, shine, standardize, and sustain. Unfortunately, 5S and…
Mike Wilson | November 15, 2012 | 5S | 5S, Facility Efficiency, Labeling, Lean Manufacturing, Organized Workplace, Tool Organization
How to Organize Your Shop Using 5S
One of the easiest ways to keep things organized in your shop after a long day of work is to take the guesswork out of where tools should be stored. No one likes to start working in an environment that is disordered and cluttered. The video below demonstrates how to create tool organizer inserts for…
Mike Wilson | November 1, 2012 | 5S | 5S, Continuous Improvement
Employing 5S Tools to Improve Efficiency and Productivity
5S as a tool for lean enterprise was developed by Toyota to transform the then infant multinational into a major global player. The transformation did indeed take place with very fruitful lessons to all business managers worldwide. The raging misconception that these tools are only applicable in large organizations with complex structures is ill-informed as…
Mike Wilson | November 1, 2012 | 5S | 5S, Continuous Improvement, Facility Efficiency
What is 5S? Watch This Training Video
I am constantly on the search for great content to share with readers. This vid by Lean Deployment really helps to inform people on the basics of 5S and their business.
Mike Wilson | October 19, 2012 | 5S | 5S, Continuous Improvement, Lean
Lean Doesn’t Always Mean "5S First"
The other day, I wrote a post about an article I read by Bruce Hamilton on whether to start a lean program by using 5S. Today, I noticed Jamie Flinchbaugh’s lean blog, in which he cites his comments on that Old Lean Guy, Hamilton’s article, and he offers his concept that lean is more of…
Mike Wilson | October 1, 2012 | 5S | 5S, Lean, Lean Manufacturing
Using Lean 5S and Kaizen to Feed the Homeless
image from wikipedia I read an inspiring post today by Robert Hafey on the Lean Safety blog about his attempts to apply his lean training and expertise to something as basic as cooking food and serving it to a large group of people, but, the best part of the article wasn’t the lean angle. It…
Mike Wilson | September 26, 2012 | 5S | 5S, Continuous Improvement, Lean
Which Way to Turn on the Lean Road?
You hop in your car and get moving. You’ve got to get from Boston to New York, but your car is on fire. You haven’t had a drink of water in two days, and your fuel gauge is low. Oh, and where is your roadmap? Sounds like a fun trip, doesn’t it? So, which problem…
Mike Wilson | September 25, 2012 | Lean | 5S, Kaizen, Kanban, Lean Manufacturing
Why Red Tags are Important to the 5S Process
If your company has embarked on starting a lean program to improve its bottom line, it is a very advisable that you will be implementing 5S into the workplace. 5S offers your production system an opportunity to evaluate its departments and find ways to speed things up, cut out extra inventory, decrease waste, and get…
Mike Wilson | September 5, 2012 | 5S | 5S, Forklift Safety, Red Tags
Different Options in Safety Line Marking Materials
Safety floor marking in any industrial facility can attract your attention since these are specifically regulated to do so. These markings are meant to promote safety and good working conditions as a part of the company’s 5s or Kaizen program that aim to improve business and the workplace by dealing with things like waste reduction,…
Mike Wilson | September 3, 2012 | Floor Marking | 5S, Facility Marking, Floor Marking, Kaizen, OSHA, Safety, Workplace Safety
Foam Tool Organizer and Its Accountability in the Work Place
Every workshop has an inventory where records of all tools purchased are recorded. A look through the inventory indicates that most of the small tools and implements are usually recorded missing, broken or damaged beyond repair. While these may seem like negligible losses an accumulation in a number of years results into huge amounts that…
Mike Wilson | August 30, 2012 | Safety Products | 5S, Facility Efficiency, Lean Manufacturing, Organized Workplace, Tool Organization
