http://lssacademy.com/2009/03/17/the-cost-of-searching/ Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma, and Kaizen Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:21:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://lssacademy.com/2009/03/17/the-cost-of-searching/comment-page-1/#comment-3078 Chris Young Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:32:44 +0000 http://lssacademy.com/?p=1138#comment-3078 Your timing of this blog entry couldn't have come at a better time. Just minutes before I received this from you we had a site email go out about missing multi-meters from one of our production cells. I had just responded to the floor leadership group that we need to improve our ability to emphasize "item recoil" in our cells and with our operators. Meaning that we need to improve 5S to the point that missing items are easily detected and if found could easily be returned to the proper location. I explained that this was counter productive to our efforts to improve the level of 5S on the production floor if the operators feel that the equipment and tooling in their areas will "walk" away from the point at which it is being used. The knee jerk reaction is to lock everything up so that people from other areas can't "borrow" the equipment/tooling. This is obviously not conducive to a lean culture by any stretch of the imagination. Great timing! Your timing of this blog entry couldn’t have come at a better time. Just minutes before I received this from you we had a site email go out about missing multi-meters from one of our production cells. I had just responded to the floor leadership group that we need to improve our ability to emphasize “item recoil” in our cells and with our operators. Meaning that we need to improve 5S to the point that missing items are easily detected and if found could easily be returned to the proper location. I explained that this was counter productive to our efforts to improve the level of 5S on the production floor if the operators feel that the equipment and tooling in their areas will “walk” away from the point at which it is being used. The knee jerk reaction is to lock everything up so that people from other areas can’t “borrow” the equipment/tooling. This is obviously not conducive to a lean culture by any stretch of the imagination. Great timing!

]]> http://lssacademy.com/2009/03/17/the-cost-of-searching/comment-page-1/#comment-3075 Aaron Jeffries Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:30:09 +0000 http://lssacademy.com/?p=1138#comment-3075 I believe it. In fact I would say this is probably on the low side in most cases. Case in point, this morning I searched for 10 minutes for my car keys! I believe it. In fact I would say this is probably on the low side in most cases. Case in point, this morning I searched for 10 minutes for my car keys!

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