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S2—Set in Order
A place for everything, and everything in its place.
Proverb
Now we are ready to organize what’s left so as to minimize wasted motion.
How do we place our machines, tools, storage shelves, and so on, to reduce
the muda of motion?
Rationalize Locations
Pick a pilot area and on two large pieces of paper, draw two maps
describing:
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◾ What is
◾ What could be
Draw area boundaries and make up two sets of small sticky notes repre-
senting the stuff in the area (to scale).
Attach the sticky notes to the what-is map to show your current condi-
tion. Now with red string, or red stick-on arrows, show how material cur-
rently mo