Comments on: Different Aspects of Seeing a Shop Floor—Visual Management, 5S, and Waste

By: Christoph Roser

Christoph Roser — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 10:35:43 +0000

Hi Kevin, the 7 (8 with unused creativity) types of waste are easier to see on the shop floor, but even then it is not always easy. Some are quite hard to measure (Especially the unused creativity).

By: Kevin Kanaczet

Kevin Kanaczet — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 22:55:30 +0000

Hello Chris, great post, I learned a lot from reading this article. I was wondering if there were any challenges associated with observing and measuring the 8 types of waste on the shop floor?

By: Steve Milner

Steve Milner — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 20:33:37 +0000

We used to consider ‘The Obvious Factory’ (or office / wherever) as the ideal. All the 5W+1H are clear, without recourse to verbal explanation. Visual management related to things; visible management related to information.

By: Juan Carlos Viela

Juan Carlos Viela — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 12:46:27 +0000

This is a real example about how to implement lean logistics.
https://loypro.wordpress.com/2018/06/10/dos-nuevos-conceptos-catlean-clean/
Do you want a translation? Select “inglés” in the window at the right side of the screen.

By: Christoph Roser

Christoph Roser — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 12:01:40 +0000

Hi Jonathan, that is a good point. One big challenge of understanding office work is that the work and the inventory is “hidden” as files or paper. Having a good understandable file structure definitely helps. I put a lot of effort into naming my files correctly, but could improve with my file structure I have to admit…

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 11:28:22 +0000

May I ask what your thoughts are on a visual workplace in the office environment and any advice that you could offer?

My take is that office workers ‘work’ is done in the virtual world and the emphasis should be on well ordered and easy to navigate file structure. I’ve tried to encourage use of the 31 second rule as the primary tool. That being within sec recognise the folder structure is standard, 10 sec find the file and in sec sec of opening it up be able to find the information of interest.