Posts Tagged ‘ 5S ’

Is the physical organization of your workplace reducing your efficiency?  Does it seem that the more you clean and organize the mess keeps coming back?  Are you getting stressed just thinking about it?  Relax, the below podcasts outline a LEAN tool used to organize any environment (home, shop, or office) and keep it organized!  If [...]

Your work environment will either IMPROVE from today’s standard or ERODE.  It definitely will not stay the same!  That means that if your looking for that stapler today… well, you more than likely will look for it again in the future.    When you consider not only our physical work space but also consider the [...]

A few months ago we did a show on a lean tool used to develop workplace organization – 5S. This simple tool uses a 5 step process to organize your physical environment to help you be more efficient.  The 5 Steps include: Sort – Go through and discard unused items.  Distinguish between what is need [...]

The winner of the EXTREME LEAN workspace makeover contest goes to Contestant B… Kellie Andrews the President of APEX Business Centers, Inc. You can see Kellie’s before and after pictures on the LEAN Frog Facebook page. Kellie did much more than simply clean her desk off.  By following the 5 step Lean process called 5S, [...]

Once you’ve decided to get your workplace organized using the lean tool 5S (as discussed in prior episodes of our show) you no doubt will come across items that you no longer need or use, but that you feel are just too valuable to throw away.  I recommend two approaches to help justify getting rid [...]