Lean Tools: What Does Sort Look Like at a Stadium Office? TAGS: 5S | blitz | broken | computers | discard | discipline | documentation | equipment | inventory | lean | literature | office | operations | organize | peripherals | process | raw materials | recycling | schedules | set in order | shelves | shine | six sigma | sort | sports | stadium | standardize | supplies | sustain | tools (See previous installments about 5S here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. This is a continuation of deeper dives into the lean tools.) Remember, the definition of sort is …Continue reading →

Lean Tools: 5S and How Sort is Half the Battle TAGS: 1980's | 5S | accounting | asset tags | ballrooms | blitz | capital equipment | categories | catwalk | concourse | desks | finished goods | flexibility | frequency | g.i. joe | kitchen | knowing is half the battle | lean | liquid | maintenance | necessary | not necessary | office | operations | point of use storage | processes | raw materials | real american hero | recycle | safety | salvage | separate | set in order | shine | six sigma | sort | sports | stadium | standardize | suites | sustain | tag | tagging Remember those G.I. Joe cartoons from the 80′s where at the end of each episode one of the Joes would teach us a life lesson (about nutrition, honesty, school, etc.)? …Continue reading →

8 Wastes – Excess Motion TAGS: effort | ergonomic | excess motion | finished product | frequency | keyboard | lean | point of use storage | pous | raw materials | time | transport | transportation | value | wastes (This is the seventh in a series of deeper dives into the 8 lean wastes.) The lean waste known as excess motion is exactly that – having to move more …Continue reading →