Toyota Way Principle #7 – Visual Controls TAGS: adjust | blitz | board | colors | consulting | control | digital | factory | indicator | kanban | label | lean | led | light | lights | limit | lines | metrics | operations | principle | process | rack | readout | shadow | shadowboard | shapes | signage | sounds | speed | sports | stop | stoplight | toyota | visual | way   (This is part of a series of posts examining the 14 principles of The Toyota Way. Today we’re looking at The Toyota Way principle 7 about visual controls.) We’ve …Continue reading →

Lean Tools: 5S, Shine, and Billy Mays TAGS: 5S | as-seen-on-tv | basic | billy mays | blitz | board | clean | cleaners | colors | condition | ding king | dirt | discipline | dust | grease | grime | japanese | kaboom | lean | manager | oil | operations | operator | oxi-clean | paint | pepsi | pitchman | plexiglas | processes | set in order | shadow | shine | six sigma | sort | sports | straighten | supply | tool | white (This is a continuation of deeper dives into 5S – see posts about sort here and here, and a post about set-in-order here.) When you think of amazing, life-changing, all-in-one, …Continue reading →