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A friend of mine described work in the planning dept for major manufacturer. On the shop floor where equipment, parts shelves, tools all belonged were outlined
by kirykl 10y ago
A friend of mine described work in the planning dept for major manufacturer. On the shop floor where equipment, parts shelves, tools all belonged were outlined in tape. This would show if something was out of place and keep the floor orderly.
However at his desk he was also required to outline everything in tape. His stapler, keyboard, mousepad, laptop, wires running across were all outlined on the desk in tape. They would have desk audits, and any repeated deviation, where an item was outside its outline, would result in HR action.
- BostonEnginerd 10y agoThis sort of thing is typical in manufacturing environments. It's often called 5S -- sort", "set in order", "shine", "standardize", and "sustain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5S_%28methodology%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5S_%28methodology%29
- Jtsummers 10y agoAnd 5S is stellar in a production or manufacturing environment. Great in labs, too. It shines when physical products and processes are the primary purpose of an area. It absolutely sucks when it's applied to the physical space of an office (well, overly) where information is the purpose. A digital 5S needs to be developed, the physical one is mostly irrelevant.
- mountaineer22 10y agoUsed as part of the Toyota Production system: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Production_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Production_System As based on the Japanese principal of kaizen (the original CI): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaizen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaizen and I would also like to mention Deming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming