When you are working on lean, six-sigma and a variety of continuous improvement activities, the quantity of action items can get...

It’s important that a 5S kaizen team is efficient at what they do. Let’s face it, when you pull a team of 10-15 employees...

The lean 5S system contains 5 steps to achieving a more organized, controlled and efficient manufacturing plant. These steps are Sort, ...

The lean 5S steps are Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize and Sustain and 5S represents the first shopfloor steps on any new lean...

Don’t just clean the mess, 5S!

Lean 5S’s stand for Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize and Sustain and 5S is the most...

Does culture come before lean or does lean come before culture? It’s kind of a chicken or egg kind of question. Having implemented...

Moving the Culture Forward - Stay the course with Lean

In the beginning steps of your lean journey, not everyone will be on board and...