5s for the Office: Organizing the Workplace to Eliminate Waste [With CDROM]

by Don Tapping and Thomas A. Fabrizio

Although office and administrative activities are usually 60 percent 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.

In 5S for the Office: Organizing the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563273187
• ISBN13: 9781563273186
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Productivity Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"