Does Your Company Implement a Lean Manufacturing Doctrine?
By now most production companies have at least heard of lean manufacturing, and the benefits this term can offer as it relates to every aspect of the business. Lean manufacturing refers to methods that eliminate non-value added activities. It may surprise some to know just how thoroughly indoor LED displays and industrial scoreboards address this need, especially when implemented with web and network tools that offer management resources for production metrics.
The 5S methodology, originally compiled by Japanese Guru Iwao Kobayashi, stands for five methods, beginning with ‘S’, that encourage focus on time management, organization and pride, thereby increasing the employees level of satisfaction in their company. In a way, this management style gives a sense of personal ownership to the worker.
5S thinking can be basically explained like this:
- Sort (Seiri) - Go through everything and eliminate unnecessary or unused items and put in a central location.
- Set in order (Seiton) - “A place for everything, and everything in its place.”
- Shine (Seiso) - Make sure personal work spaces are cleaned up, basic housekeeping.
- Standardize (Seiketsu) - Involve your employees to develop effective production standards that eliminate time wasters.
- Sustain (Shitsuke) - Get rid of old habits and methodologies, and stay the course with new improvements.
Implementing a lean manufacturing doctrine within your company benefits every member. Through the use of LED displays, your employees have a standard of measurement for their productivity as it relates to their line, and overall timeline requirements as it relates to their shift. Having an external assessment in conjunction with internal information gleaned from workers from every area of the plant allows 5S thinking to penetrate productivity from all angles.
Color coded urgency levels and real time production information, available to workers both on the line and to management down the hall, invoke a manageable standard that’s easy to understand.
With lean manufacturing, knowing is half the battle and eliminating wasted time and energy is the other half. When the battle is over, your company wins!
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