Paper Inventory Management: A Lean Approach
After years of inefficient visual monitoring of paper supplies, this in-plant developed a Lean approach to inventory management.
A major Lean tool is the 5S (or 6S) approach. IPG had a great article in the form of a Xerox advertorial (December 2009) that described 5S applied to an in-plant. We knew that we had to do some major sorting and straightening of our paper shelves. This would reduce the time wasted looking for supplies. But the other aspect was the process that we were currently using for ordering. Could we somehow dramatically reduce the waste there?
Carmin Cristofaro is consultant in process improvement. He was previously in charge of the in-plant at McGill University Health Center in Montreal.
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