TOOLS & resources

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Templates

• 5S Audit (Excel)

• 5S Facilitator Workbook (Excel)

• Demand Flow Technology Calculations (Excel)

• Kaizen Chart (Excel)

• Lean Jeopardy Game (PDF)

• Plan-Do-Check-Act Summary Chart (PDF)

• Problem Solving Form (Excel)

• Time Study Template (Excel)

• Time Study Template Original (Excel)

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Lean Assessments

• Lean Manufacturing Assessment tool (Excel)

• Lean Assessment Rating Tool (Excel)

Training

• Lean & Environment Toolkit (PDF)

• EPA Lean Publications (EPA Website)

• The Manufacturing 5.0 Manifesto by Anne Graham  NEW!

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helpful presentation documents

Lean

• Lean is the Relentless Elimination of Waste (PDF)

• Lean Daily Management (PDF)

• Lean, Sigma Six, and VPP (PDF)

5S

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• 5S Suggested Supplies (Excel Doc)

• 5S Workplace Organization Presentation (PDF)

• Article: What is 5S?
   

Value Stream Mapping

• Intro to Value Stream Mapping Presentation (PDF)

• Value Stream Mapping and Analysis Presentation (PDF)

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Problem Solving

• An Introduction to Sigma Six (PDF)

• Problem Solving Presentation (MidAtlantic Conference 2017) (PDF)

• Taguchi Design of Experiments (PDF)

Safety

• Accident Causes, Prevention and Control (PDF)

• DuPont STOP Safety Program (PDF)

• Safety Presentation Idexx (PDF)

Posters

• 8 Types of Waste

• 8 Types of Waste with Examples

• 5s of Lean

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