What’s in a Name: Defining Terms in Lean Manufacturing
The Name Game Does a name change who or what your are? In the Lean culture there are several names...
Month: August 2013
The Hawthorne Effect on 5S
In the early 1920s and early 1930s in a small suburb of Chicago an Australian-born sociologist conducted some of the...
5S Success
More often than not the 5S method is implemented into an organization for the purpose of laying a foundation towards...
The 5S Steering Committee
Implementing a 5S program into your organization's structure and procedures is a positive step in your lean transformation. The initial...
Overproduction is a Waster
Eliminating waste is at the heart of 5S and lean strategies, and while some types of waste are easy to...
