Toyota Way Principle #7 – Visual Controls TAGS: adjust | blitz | board | colors | consulting | control | digital | factory | indicator | kanban | label | lean | led | light | lights | limit | lines | metrics | operations | principle | process | rack | readout | shadow | shadowboard | shapes | signage | sounds | speed | sports | stop | stoplight | toyota | visual | way We’ve all seen speed limit signs and pay attention to them at our own discretion. But have you seen a design like this? This speed limit sign features a radar …Continue reading →

Lean Tools: 5S, Standardize, and the Marching Hundred TAGS: 5S | audits | band | blitz | cell | cleanliness | colors | factory | finished goods | floor | hundred | images | indiana | inspections | lean | lock step | marching | operations | operator | organization | processes | safety | set in order | shapes | shine | signs | six sigma | sort | sports | standardize | straighten | sustain | university | user | visual We’ve covered the first three steps of 5S – sort (also here), set-in-order, and shine. The good news? Those three steps are everything you need to overhaul a work cell …Continue reading →

Lean Tools: 5S, Shine, and Billy Mays TAGS: 5S | as-seen-on-tv | basic | billy mays | blitz | board | clean | cleaners | colors | condition | ding king | dirt | discipline | dust | grease | grime | japanese | kaboom | lean | manager | oil | operations | operator | oxi-clean | paint | pepsi | pitchman | plexiglas | processes | set in order | shadow | shine | six sigma | sort | sports | straighten | supply | tool | white (This is a continuation of deeper dives into 5S – see posts about sort here and here, and a post about set-in-order here.) When you think of amazing, life-changing, all-in-one, …Continue reading →