Many manufacturing facilities have opted to follow the path toward a "5S" workplace organizational and housekeeping methodology as part of continuous improvement or lean manufacturing processes. 5S is ...

“Is that bolt from a production part?” I asked. My colleague said, “No, some maintenance guy must have dropped it.” The bolt looked common enough, lying there under the conveyor, and the impulse of ...

The factory was incredibly clean. This maquiladora in northern Mexico was machining and assembling oil pumps, normally a very dirty process. Powered conveyor lines moved products from station to ...

Preserving 5S requires commitment, top management support, and measurements of performance. One who stands up to adversity. Announcing commitment to all five S’s requires the first step. The program ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. -- FMX Leonard Wood organization is one of the sites in the Fleet Management Expansion (FMX) Directorate, part of the Field Support Operations Directorate in the Integrated ...