Many manufacturing facilities have opted to follow the path towards a “5S” workplace organizational and housekeeping methodology as part of continuous improvement or lean manufacturing processes. The ...

Lean 5S (sort, simplify, shine, standardize, sustain) is about organizing the workspace so we can be more efficient, ...

Relentlessly improve through lean is the operational strategy at Watlow. Here, employees review performance at the gemba. A skilled welder isn’t born fully fledged. Neither is a superior athlete or an ...

I’ve always been a fairly neat and organized person. I don’t like clutter and dis-organization. Worst of all, I despise constantly cleaning up (especially after others). So I’ve always, kind of ...

Workers in occupational health and safety in a manufacturing environment may find themselves having to adopt lean production techniques, both within their occupational health (OH) department and in ...