6S

Introducing Three Levels of Sustain

One of the many questions I receive from companies on their Lean transformation is “These Rapid Improvement Events are great but how do we sustain the gains we make?” The answer is to cascade your sustain efforts using three levels of sustain! You might believe sustain is only done at the operator or team member […]

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A Very Important Lean 101 Technique- 6S

Blog, Lean 101 / By Tom Reed

If you read my book the Lean Game Plan, you know that I talk about having the lean basics in place- Inventory accuracy, Bill of Material accuracy and 6S before getting more sophisticated. I want to talk about 6S in this blog. You often see 5S, 5S +1, 6S and even 7S which all refer

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