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Lessons in Lean part 2:
Organize your workplace, understand your total costs!
Dear ,
Welcome to part two of our series on Lean manufacturing for packaging and label converters. Two important points about Lean are worth mentioning. First, it requires a mind-set – of taking responsibility and always being hungry for further improvement. Second, it’s a journey of transformation, that never ends – after all, there is always something that can be done better, somewhere in your print shop or workflow.
Take responsibility through good housekeeping
These points come together in this edition, with our article about the 5S Program. This gives you a simple, effective method of reducing waste - and one which gives you visible results almost immediately. “5S” is your recipe for an organized, pristine workplace. Good housekeeping, where every tool and ink bucket is in its place and easily located, does more than improve productivity. It builds that mind-set of responsibility and common ownership of the organization’s success – whether it’s leaving the pressroom tidy for the next shift, being alert to problems as they arise, or thinking about even better time-saving arrangements. So, what are you waiting for? The time to get started is now!
What’s hidden costs you more…
The Ink Cost Iceberg provides a guide to calculating total cost of ownership of your ink. Global supply chain problems, have led to rising prices. But even these are dwarfed by the hidden, indirect costs of managing, processing, production, shipping. And failures in your system could magnify them further.
These articles follow our first edition, which gives you a guide to the principles of Lean and identifying the Eight Wastes. For any comments or questions, please contact us on email info@gsedispensing.com or telephone +31 575 568 080.
We wish you pleasant and profitable reading!
Maarten Hummelen,
Marketing Director, GSE
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