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The 5S Playbook
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The 5S Playbook

by Chris A. Ortiz
September 2015
Intermediate to advanced
80 pages
1h 43m
English
Productivity Press
Content preview from The 5S Playbook
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8 Wastes
As a Lean practitioner and teacher, I know the power of the visual factory and
how it can be the platform for more improvements. Visual controls are very Lean,
and the concept of visual controls is a major part of Lean manufacturing. Lean
manufacturing has been and will always be about waste reduction. Developing,
sustaining, and improving on a visual factory will remove or reduce a signicant
amount of waste. Many of you reading this playbook already understand the
concepts of waste and Lean. For those of you just getting started, here is a brief
description of each of the 8 Wastes of 5S:
Overproduction
Overprocessing
Waiting
Motion
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ISBN: 9781498730372