My Shining Experience

With clutter gone and the storage area organized, the next step is to properly and thoroughly clean and paint equipment and work areas. This step is critical as a way of sustaining the improvements begun in the Sort and Set phases. Initial painting and cleaning require an extra task outside regular working hours, but after … Continued

How your Layout can reduce forklift accidents

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) estimates that there are 34 900 serious injuries, including 85 fatal accidents per year in the United States involving forklifts. 11% of all forklifts will be involved in some accidents each year, and the manufacturing industry is the most affected, with 42.5% of fatal accidents. Many work-related factors … Continued

10 tips to liven up standardized work

Our employees are responsible for the team’s success, and management is accountable for its failures; it is essential to optimize so you can do a better job tomorrow. In operations, we use standardized work, among other things, to always go further. Here are nine tips from Benoit Chouinard on how to standardize your workplace. 1 … Continued