Progressive Lean: Straighten and See: Part 3 - Labeling
OK, you've gotten all the preliminaries in place. Now it's time for some action.
The action the team leaders will undertake depends on what sort of plans they've put together. Did their "Straighten and See maps" show that significant moves of equipment and storage needs to take place? If so, that probably needs to happen first. And that, of course, could be a large undertaking of it's own, involving maintenance and even outside contractors.
For our purposes here, let's assume that little or no substantial movement of equipment will be needed. The first thing to do is to label all the equipment. (You do have some labelers, don't you? Well get a few ordered because you'll be needing them.)
First, you'll probably need some signs to identify the different lines, work areas, or machinery. Then, you'll want to label all the major components of each piece of equipment. You'll also need to make certain that every control is labeled as to function. ("What does this button do? What does this knob do? Which direction do I need to turn it to get the action I want?)
You'll need to label all gages, sight glasses, fluid level indicators, indexes, etc. Further, you'll want to indicate operating ranges on gages and indicators.
After this, you'll want to label all storage locations that you won't be changing as you implement your map. In other words, maybe you have a work desk within the area that will remain. Locations of supplies and documents that will be stored on the work desk should be labeled. Or maybe you have a cabinet or set of shelves that will remain. Decide how and where everything will be located in the cabinet or on the shelves and label them.
As you might imagine, this is a labor intensive step. And we haven't even gotten to painting lines on the floor and putting up shadowboards yet? But you'll start to notice the improvement right away.
The action the team leaders will undertake depends on what sort of plans they've put together. Did their "Straighten and See maps" show that significant moves of equipment and storage needs to take place? If so, that probably needs to happen first. And that, of course, could be a large undertaking of it's own, involving maintenance and even outside contractors.
For our purposes here, let's assume that little or no substantial movement of equipment will be needed. The first thing to do is to label all the equipment. (You do have some labelers, don't you? Well get a few ordered because you'll be needing them.)
First, you'll probably need some signs to identify the different lines, work areas, or machinery. Then, you'll want to label all the major components of each piece of equipment. You'll also need to make certain that every control is labeled as to function. ("What does this button do? What does this knob do? Which direction do I need to turn it to get the action I want?)
You'll need to label all gages, sight glasses, fluid level indicators, indexes, etc. Further, you'll want to indicate operating ranges on gages and indicators.
After this, you'll want to label all storage locations that you won't be changing as you implement your map. In other words, maybe you have a work desk within the area that will remain. Locations of supplies and documents that will be stored on the work desk should be labeled. Or maybe you have a cabinet or set of shelves that will remain. Decide how and where everything will be located in the cabinet or on the shelves and label them.
As you might imagine, this is a labor intensive step. And we haven't even gotten to painting lines on the floor and putting up shadowboards yet? But you'll start to notice the improvement right away.
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