Lean 5S: Shine

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

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Lean: Set-in-Order

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

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Lean 5S: The Sort Step

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

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Stop the Madness! Implement 5S

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...

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What Comes First: The Lean or The Culture?

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

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The Power of a Normal Distribution

Build a Histogram

Before diving into the normal distribution curve, let’s start with the building block of it, the histogram. The...

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The T-test & Tennis Balls

How to Use the Two Sample T-Test

Product manufacturing provides endless improvement opportunities. I thrived in my manufacturing career...

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