How to Establish the Lean Supply Chain
Understanding the Basics of Lean Supply Chain Many companies and individual facilities have implemented LEAN techniques into their daily processes, and have gotten great results. When looking for ways to take that success to the next level, consider establishing a lean supply chain to further eliminate waste and improve efficiency within virtually any company. A Lean…
Tony Ferraro | October 22, 2015 | Lean | Facility Efficiency, Kanban, Lean Manufacturing | 5 min read
6S or 5S – The Great Debate
6S or 5S – Which side of the fence are you on? 6S is seen by many as the ‘next step’ in the evolution of workplace waste elimination and efficiency improvement. As with any type of change, however, there are also some people who are resistant to the idea. Those who have adopted the 5S…
Tony Ferraro | September 29, 2015 | 5S | 5S, 6S, Facility Efficiency, Regulations & Compliance, Safety, Tool Organization, Workplace Safety | 6 min read
Kaizen Continuous Improvement – Ten Tips
Ten Tips to Help You with Your Kaizen Continuous Improvement Strategy The Kaizen methodology encourages ongoing efforts to ensure continuous improvement throughout a facility. This improvement can come in many forms including waste elimination, improved efficiency, safer work environments and much more. To simply say that a facility is employing Kaizen strategies, is essentially meaningless…
Tony Ferraro | September 21, 2015 | Kaizen | 5S, 6S, Continuous Improvement, Facility Efficiency, Kaizen, Six Sigma | 6 min read
Anti-Slip Tapes
Anti Slip Tape can help make areas safer in homes, businesses, workshops, and in public places. Proper safety precautions and warning signs can help to prevent many accidents, and there is no reason not to invest in them considering they are so low cost. Creative Safety Supply is the leading online supplier of a huge collection of…
CSS Editorial Staff | February 22, 2015 | Floor Marking | Anti-Slip Tape, Facility Efficiency, Floor Marking, OSHA, Safety, Workplace Safety | 2 min read
Obeya – Introducing the Lean War Room
You Must Obeya Welcome to today’s dose of Lean, on the agenda is Obeya. If you haven’t heard of Obeya, you might still have used it, or you may know about the concept but never have put it into action. In any event, it’s best to know and to act, and that’s exactly what we’re going to…
Tony Ferraro | November 7, 2014 | Lean | Facility Efficiency, Lean, Lean Manufacturing, Obeya, Organized Workplace, Six Sigma | 4 min read
10 Reasons Why Industrial Labeling is Important
Improve Organization and Efficiency with Industrial Labeling Industrial labeling is an essential activity in any facility, and for many different reasons. For example, it can help to improve safety as well as organization and even efficiency. In fact, proper labeling can benefit almost every measurable area of the facility. If you don’t already have a…
Tony Ferraro | September 29, 2014 | Visual Safety | Barcoding, Equipment Labeling, Facility Efficiency, Facility Marking, Labeling, OSHA, Regulations & Compliance, Safety, Safety Signs, Tool Organization | 6 min read
Quality, Value, & Grade – An Exploration
Is Higher Quality Always Better? You don’t have to be in the business world to feel that, intuitively, that better quality, is, well better. Phrases like “quality over quantity” and “you get what you pay for” drive this point home for just about everyone from a young age, but have we ever stopped to think…
Tony Ferraro | September 19, 2014 | Lean | Continuous Improvement, Facility Efficiency, Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing | 4 min read
10 Best Practices for Inventory Control
Improve the Efficiency of Your Facility with Inventory Control Whenever attempting to improve the efficiency of your facility, one of the best places to start is your inventory control. If this area is not operating properly, it will slow down every other aspect of your facility. For this reason, you should go over the industry…
Tony Ferraro | August 5, 2014 | Lean | Barcoding, Facility Efficiency, Inventory Control, Labeling, Rack Labeling | 5 min read
10 Warehouse Best Practices
Improving the Overall Efficiency and Safety of Your Warehouse If you are operating a warehouse of any type, you’ll want to make sure you are following industry best practices to help ensure everything is getting done in an efficient manner. If you don’t take the time to make sure you are doing things properly,…
Tony Ferraro | August 4, 2014 | Safety Solutions | Facility Efficiency, Floor Signs, Floor Tape, Organized Workplace, Safety, Safety Signs | 6 min read
Floor Marking Tape Color Standards
Floor Marking Tape Color Codes and More If you are updating your facilities floor marking system, you will want to make sure you are following all of the current standards regarding how this is done. This includes making sure you are using a durable floor tape, and also positioning it properly. Perhaps most important, however,…
Tony Ferraro | July 11, 2014 | Floor Marking | Facility Efficiency, Facility Marking, Floor Marking, Floor Tape, OSHA, Regulations & Compliance, Safety | 6 min read
Foam for Tool Boxes
Exploring the Benefits of Foam for Tool Boxes Most facilities have dozens, if not hundreds, of different tools that are used on a regular basis. In addition to being very valuable, these tools are also essential for getting work done in an efficient way. When the tools are not properly taken care of, it can…
Tony Ferraro | July 8, 2014 | Safety Products | 5S, Facility Efficiency, Labeling, Lean Manufacturing, Organized Workplace, Safety, Tool Organization | 5 min read
5 Tips for Reducing Downtime
How to Reduce Downtime in Your Facility When managing any facility, one of the biggest problems you need to overcome is downtime. Whether it is a full work stoppage where nothing is getting done, or just one machine that isn’t working properly, downtime can cause a wide range of different problems throughout the facility. Of…
Tony Ferraro | July 2, 2014 | Lean | 5S, Facility Efficiency, Lean Manufacturing, Reducing Downtime | 6 min read
Factory Floor Marking Tape
If you’re looking for ways to improve the safety of your factory, you may want to consider adding, or updating, your floor markings. Factory floors are one area that many facility owners or safety managers’ neglect, and it can really cost them significantly in many ways. The only thing that most factory managers think about…
Tony Ferraro | July 1, 2014 | Floor Marking | Facility Efficiency, Facility Marking, Floor Marking, OSHA, Regulations & Compliance, Safety, Safety Signs, Workplace Safety | 4 min read
Top 6 Losses in OEE
OEE and Understanding the Most Common Areas of Loss Tracking your facility’s productivity is an important way to keep up to date on how efficient your business is operating, and how to make improvements. The OEE standard helps manufacturing companies keep track of how things are going, and identify where they are experiencing excessive downtime…
Tony Ferraro | June 30, 2014 | Lean | 5S, Facility Efficiency, Lockout Tagout, OEE | 8 min read
5 Floor Marking Rules for a Safe Workplace
It’s Time to Review the Rules of Floor Marking If you’re looking at updating your facilities floor markings to help improve the safety of the company, it is important that you take the time to ensure you’re doing it right. Spending time up front in planning and implementation can help you avoid a lot of…
Tony Ferraro | June 25, 2014 | Floor Marking | Facility Efficiency, Facility Marking, Fire Safety, Floor Marking, Floor Signs, Healthcare, OSHA, Regulations & Compliance, Safety, Safety Signs, Workplace Safety | 7 min read
