5S for the Office

p Although office and administrative activities are usually 60% of the production costs in most manufacturing organizations, these areas often get excluded during Lean initiatives. To achieve Lean, office activities must fully support shop floor manufacturing operations to eliminate waste. The adoption of 5S throughout all office and administrative functions is the first step to increase efficiency. /p p In b i 5S for the Office: Organizing the Workplace to Eliminate Waste /i /b, Tom Fabrizio and Don Tapping bring the concepts of the 5S System -- effective tools for the elimination of waste on the shop floor -- into the office environment. The activities at the heart of b i 5S for the Office /i /b (organizing, ordering, cleaning, standardizing, and sustaining all of these) are completely logical. They are the basic rules for managing any effective workplace. However, it is the systematic method with which the 5S system approaches these activities that makes it unique. /p p b u This book is a blueprint for building a Lean foundation for your office, and: /u /b /p ul li Provides detailed step-by-step implementation on how to apply 5S to your office activities. /li li Includes forms, worksheets, and photos that will allow you to "see" the value of 5S, thereby increasing sustained support of the implementation. The accompanying CD contains blank versions of many of the worksheets that appear throughout the book. The worksheets on the CD, however, are interactive - the user can electronically enter and save information right on the particular form. /li li Can be used as a training and implementation manual. /li /ul /p p Readers of this book can immediately apply the concepts of 5S totheir office and administrative activities, resulting in the elimination of waste, reduced production costs, and increased profits. /p