Sep 27, 2021
Creating safe areas for customers, visitors, and employees isn’t any less important outside of the building. Parking lots, garages, and traveled lanes are safer for everyone when they’re clearly marked. But painted lines and signs have limits: It takes time and...
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Sep 20, 2021
Parking lot striping and pavement signs are keys to improving efficiency and safety for pedestrians, drivers, and employees—but a strategy is necessary to ensure the visual cues are helpful rather than confusing. Explore this guide to develop your own strategy:...
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Sep 13, 2021
Visual communication and industrial safety go hand in hand: Without clear cues and instructions, employees and visitors in a warehouse setting may be injured. While stop signs and directional cues are some of the most common options, visual communication goes beyond...
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Sep 7, 2021
Visual cues—especially those that pair graphics and text—are beneficial as part of an industrial facility’s safety and training programs. This form of communication is easy to recognize and decipher at a glance, so people can make appropriate choices and decide on the...
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Aug 23, 2021
Quick Tips to Manage Change in Industrial Facilities Manufacturing and other industrial facilities rely on updates to procedures and physical adjustments to remain nimble and productive—but without a change management process in effect, overall improvement strategies...
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Aug 16, 2021
Continuous improvement methods work best when time is given for appropriate planning and follow-up evaluation. One improvement tool that works well in manufacturing and industrial facilities is the PCDA Cycle. This method relies on four basic steps to target specific...
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Aug 9, 2021
In any industrial facility, communication and visual cues can improve day-to-day operations—but what process is best for your facility? In facilities that struggle with production backlogs, excess waste, or defective products coming off the line, a visual management...
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Aug 2, 2021
Lean and 5S strategies can help improve organization and streamline processes, but what does all of the terminology mean? When you’re trying to understand the basics of the 5S Methodology and Lean Manufacturing, it may help to begin with the definitions of the parts...
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Jul 26, 2021
A Kaizen Event is a beneficial, action-oriented improvement method that tackles specific goals or needs within a facility, with a quick turnaround due to the narrow scope. Kaizen Events may be used for training, organization, waste elimination, and leadership...
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Jul 19, 2021
Kaizen is a continuous improvement model meant to tackle specific needs within a facility, often related to safety, training, maintenance, or organization. While Kaizen is an ongoing process that focuses on improving working practices and efficacy, implementing Kaizen...
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