The people at Nestle Purina would pay you millions to do something like this for them. We are transitioning our work areas to he more efficient, we are failing at the process. They (we) need to be inspired. Somehow.
Man there is so much information out there... They should reach out to Paul Akers... He owns Fastcap manufacturing and he is the leanest man on the planet.
Remember to talk to them about these principles...
You absolutely have to set up your tools so that you never move anything to get to anything else.
Everything you use has to have a dedicated place
Here is how you can tell that you don't have it right.... You're constantly having to straighten it back out.
Another key is it will tell you if something is missing.
call has a lot of videos about little things his company does they ask every employee every day to come up with one good contribution to making systems more efficient...and it will be the simplest things like making sure there is a colored piece of copier in the copy machine that tells the person that reaches that piece of paper to turn around and add paper.
People tell me all the time that they can't be organized... Normally is because they've never learn how.
I began learning at 47 years old and I'll tell anyone not only that you can be , but in today's competitive economy with the cost of living as high as it is companies and small businesses need to be to survive.
Keep in mind I only have a 7 foot by 14 foot space..
Also keep in mind storing things is really different than working with things. when you store things you can break all the rules as long as you can find them later.