• Annual Lean Clean Up Using Practical 5S

    Annual Lean Clean Up Using Practical 5S

    If you have been diligent with your 5S activities this year, your annual clean up is an opportunity for another round of SORT - SET in ORDER - SHINE to target those little areas that don't get attention ...

  • 5S Lean Housekeeping: Sort, Set, Shine, Standardise, Sustain

    5S Lean Housekeeping: Sort, Set, Shine, Standardise, Sustain

    To have an organised and efficiently running factory, we need to know that everything has a place, is in that place and is clean and ready for use - this is the basic premiss for the Lean manufacturing ...

  • Is 5S Really Just a Waste of Time?

    Is 5S Really Just a Waste of Time?

    5S is one of the foundations of a successful Lean Manufacturing system but many businesses we have seen place too much emphasis on the 5S portion of their Lean Management System.

  • The Top 12 Lean Tools for Lean Manufacturing

    The Top 12 Lean Tools for Lean Manufacturing

    Read our top 12 Lean tools for sustaining a Lean transformation.

  • Our Top 5 Practical 5S Workplace Organisation Videos

    Our Top 5 Practical 5S Workplace Organisation Videos

    Practical 5S is one of the easiest Lean techniques to implement but one of the hardest to sustain. View a selection of 5S Lean Minute Videos from the TXM Lean Solutions archive and learn how to sustain ...

  • Act Your Way into a New Way of Thinking with 5S and Lean

    Act Your Way into a New Way of Thinking with 5S and Lean

    Here are three Lean tools that can help our team act their way to a new way of thinking, acting “as if” they have already achieved their improvement goals, and become a world class organisation.

  • The Top Lean Tools for Maintenance

    The Top Lean Tools for Maintenance

    As we implemented and refined our Lean Enterprise Production System the stability of the processes becomes extremely important. We need a good parts supply, reliable quality, dependable people, with ...

  • Setting Practical 5S Standards

    Setting Practical 5S Standards

    How Do You Set Practical Standards? At the beginning many people find the idea of a 5S program to be as a daunting undertaking. Poorly designed and executed 5S program can indeed be stifling to a organisation ...

  • Sustaining Practical 5S Workplace Organisation

    Sustaining Practical 5S Workplace Organisation

    In preforming 5S activities on site I often see that the initial efforts go well and gains are quickly made to production areas. Over time this may begin to slide as the initial drive gives way to ...