Peter Abilla’s Shmula Blog Peter pointed me to this example he posted a while back, he says “it’s an authentic artifact from Toyota. I participated in this when I spent 1.5 weeks in the Hebron, KY supply parts distribution facility.”…
By Jean Cunningham: Mark’s note: Here is the first post from Jean Cunningham. I’m looking forward to her future contributions to the blog. For more about Jean and her lean experience, click here. She brings a unique perspective to the…
Jamie’s Earlier 5S Column In honor of our new Sponsor, The 5S Store, this is “5S Week” on the Lean Blog. We’ll feature commentary from our bloggers on 5S and invite you to share your 5S success stories (or frustrations).…
Main Page — January 2007 One of the lean newsletters I subscribe to is the “Learning to Lean” newsletter by Darren Dolcemascolo from EMS Consulting. This month’s newsletter has some links to some 5S overview articles and there’s usually something…
Click here for the bad example, via ThisIsBroken.com The sometimes outstanding, sometimes whiny “ThisIsBroken” blog has a funny photo of a cruise ship door that has two signs: Emergency Exit Crew Only I guess the good news is I doubt…
Lean manufacturing initiatives increase efficiencies at Moyno Here’s a glowing news report about how lean is helping a manufacturing company. Who knows if it’s just the scope of the article or if the company is ONLY doing 5S work. Lean…
By : Daniel Markovitz, Markovitz Consulting Note: This posting is from a guest Blogger, Dan Markovitz, founder and president of Markovitz Consulting a consulting firm in California. Dan has been quoted in Time.com, written for the Wall Street Journal, Industry…
A “shadowboard” is a common method in the Toyota Production System. It is a “5S” method where an outline or solid “shadow” is drawn behind where a tool would go on a board, bench, or table. With the shadowboard, it…
by Jamie Flinchbaugh My monthly column Leading Lean for Assembly Magazine is now published. This month I focus on the staple of lean implementations, 5S, but I focus on what people are missing as they use this helpful, but often…
As I was walking past a housekeeping storage room at a hotel, I couldn’t help but notice that the storage locations were marked on the shelves (click on the photo for a larger view). As you can see in the…
Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing thoughts | Gemba Panta Rei Jon Miller makes a clever point about the double meaning, to lean people, of “Red Tags”. He says the dealers are getting rid of un-needed vehicle inventory…. just as we might…
The Northeast Georgian: Business Now this is a very local news source (available to the world, thanks to Google). This is a nice bit of recognition for a team of operators who were (are?) working on 5S initiatives in their…