Lean Office with 5S

All of our business enterprises have many administrative tasks. Often we are so focused on other core aspects that we neglect the functionality of our offices. Yet, the administrative functions are generally involved with our first or most frequent contacts with our customers and suppliers. "Lean" improvements can no longer be the exclusive process for manufacturing.

Streamline your Office

It is equally important for us to become more efficient, reduce wastes and eliminate errors in our administrative functions. A lean office is not only efficient in how its physical layout is constructed but also in how effective the communication aspects and document transfers are completed. If you are feeling frustrated about the functionality of your offices, we can help.

We will meet with you and discuss your needs. Next we will develop a plan that is specific for office environments. Although some of the methods used for Office Lean are similar to the Lean Manufacturing process, we deliver a package that is especially designed and suited for the office environment.  We've set up a general syllabus of our Lean Office program for you to use as a general guideline of our course.

The basic outline for Lean Office Training and 5S is as follows:

• Determine specific needs and goals
• Conduct an off-site meeting with the office team
• Determine their needs, barriers, and expectations for improving
  • Includes 2 team building exercises
  • Includes a methodology to determine the "team's vision" which is the first step into designing a solution
• Develop solutions with your team
  • Communications
  • Daily management interaction
  • Develop an office specific process/ flow
  • Develop metrics and action steps
• Implement Office 5S
  • Focus is on waste reduction
  • Install 5S communication board and photos
  • Presentations to other team members
  • Poke Yoke (mistake/error proofing)
  • Metric Based Process Map

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Are you interested in learning more about our unique approach to teaching Lean Manufacturing and Lean Office principles to your employees?  Fill out our assessment form and tell us how you'd like to improve or contact us today for more information.