1st Edition
5S for the Office Organizing the Workplace to Eliminate Waste
192 Pages
by
Productivity Press
192 Pages
by
Productivity Press
Although office and administrative activities are usually 60 percent of the production costs in most manufacturing organizations, these areas often get excluded during lean initiatives. To achieve lean, office activities must fully support shop floor manufacturing operations to eliminate waste. The adoption of 5S throughout all office and administrative functions is the first step to increase... Read more
Message from the Authors
Introduction
Chapter One: Prepare the Project
Chapter Two: Perform an Office Scan
Chapter Three: Sort Through and Sort Out
Chapter Four: Set Things In Order and Set Limits
Chapter Five: Shine and Inspect Through Cleaning
Chapter Six: Standardize Conditions and Share Information
Chapter Seven: Sustain the Gains
About the Authors
Introduction
Chapter One: Prepare the Project
Chapter Two: Perform an Office Scan
Chapter Three: Sort Through and Sort Out
Chapter Four: Set Things In Order and Set Limits
Chapter Five: Shine and Inspect Through Cleaning
Chapter Six: Standardize Conditions and Share Information
Chapter Seven: Sustain the Gains
About the Authors
Biography
Thomas Fabrizio
"Authors Tom Fabrizio and Don Tapping share their wealth of experience with 5S to provide a clear and concise program for its implementation in office and service industry environments. Now, these techniques that have been so successful on the shop floor can improve every office and service center within your organization. 5S for the Office provides everything you need to know to bring the highly successful 5S methodologies to life in your workplace!"
--Doug Nelson, CFPIM, CSCP, CSSMBB, President, APICS, Portland Chapter, June 2006
"This is more than a book about 5S in the office; it encompasses a total facility-wide process of implementing and sustaining improvements that will last. Emphasis on Senior Management supporting and participating is stressed throughout the book; the executive summary page is a must read to get a good overview of the content. The examples of metrics give ideas for tracking workplace conditions, which is a requirement of any "lean" implementation. Just what you are looking for if you want a sensible approach to 5S, and elimination of waste in administration. The checklist, and form examples are just what is needed to help your organization brainstorm what will work best in your environment."
--Mary E. Murphy, Haldex Way Change Agent, Kansas City, Missouri, June 2006
