The Visual Workplace
What is a Visual Workplace? In simple terms, the visual workplace is a workplace that places critical information at the...
5S
5S: More Than Meets The Eye
The Lean manufacturing process known as 5S has become one of the most universally adopted tools of Lean. Whether your...
Bring 5S Home
The last thing most of us want to do after a long shift is to bring our work home with...
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...
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...
Negative Impact of a 5S First Approach?
5S Safety Poster The common start to a lean transformation for most companies begins with the implementation of 5S. The...
5S and the Visual Workplace
5S has become one of the most precise processes for any organization that has adopted a lean methodology. It has...
