What is the purpose of a scoreboard in a sports game? If the action is taking place on the field or court, then why are the fans interested in looking away and at a scoreboard? The reason is because that scoreboard provides important information about the game in one swift glance. Fans are able to quickly see who is in the lead and how long it will be until victory...
We've spent a lot of time in past posts talking about the Japanese business management concepts behind 5S and kaizen. Another useful personal management tool from the Japanese, kanban, is a simple visual aide to help you organize, prioritize, and track your tasks. Kanban is translated to “sign” or “signboard.”The purpose behind creating a kanban is to show your work in progress, your work yet to be touched, and the...
Whether you like it or not, you must maintain a certain level of organization to your warehouse floor. According to OSHA guidelines, the warehouse floor must be marked with their specific color code scheme. This is absolutely crucial for every workplace, so the corresponding colors will translate for all workers in the space -- whether they work in your warehouse on a daily basis, or they are a temporary contract...
Some of the forklift accidents in that video may have aroused a chuckle from you. A few of them were obviously not very serious, though they were very messy. Some, though, were much more than a little inconvenient; some looked downright disastrous.You may be shocked to find that a whopping 34,000 emergency room injuries in the United States every year are a result of forklift accidents. As many as 20,000...
In a cutting edge world where every company is striving for innovations to save money and increase efficiency, it is important for leaders to stay up to date on the best ways to stay ahead. 5S is a systematic approach to organization that will set your business on a path to productivity unlike anything you have seen. Whether you are already familiar with the 5S system or are just being...
When working to make your workspace more lean, it is absolutely crucial for everything to have a “home” within the office or lean warehouse environment. Everything having its own space to occupy means that items will always be easy to find, and you and your team will waste less time searching for the tools necessary to complete a task. At the end of the day, this is the defining element...
