Tag: 5S

Here's a follow up to my earlier post on 5S not being about neatness (or for neatness' sake).A reader submitted this anonymous comment that's...

MSN Careers - Is a Messier Desk Better? I was going to blog about this book before and Dan Markovitz had beaten me to it....

RFID tracks hospital's devices Dallas Morning News News for Dallas, Texas Business This article was in the Dallas paper a week ago. It talks about...

I had an internal factory tour that reminded me of Mark's recent blog on the Not So Lean Factory Tour. The plant was not...

By Dan MarkovitzBack in October, Lifehacker ran a lengthy article on "personal kaizen." The thrust of the piece is how we can improve...

Article LinkThanks to Ron for sending this article my way. Check out his excellent blog post on the difference between being fast and...

A few weeks back, the British media was having a field day with reports of and complaints about what sounds like a horribly misguided...

Don't Strain Yourself Here is a great article about how a company has implemented lean to improve safety. Concepts like 5S and waste reduction...

I went through a discussion today that reminded me of a similar situation early in a lean effort at my old manufacturing company a...

I've been wondering for a while what the value of my CPIM certification is (a previous employer paid for it). APICS has been...

By Dan Markovitz, Time Back Management:A response to an earlier post...Is messiness really beneficial?I think the authors of A Perfect Mess make a silly...

Why Clean Up Your Desk? Delight in Disorder Instead (WSJ $$)What does a clean desk have to do with 5S? It depends. ...