5S is not a one-time project. It's a daily standard.
When I first got involved in 5S implementation, I thought of it as a launch event — clean the area, label the bins, take a few before/after photos, done.
I was wrong.
The real work starts after the launch. 5S only holds if it's...
The most expensive warehouse problem usually isn't inventory.
It's repetitive work.
Recently, I analyzed a warehouse process where the team was manually creating SAP transactions every day. The process itself wasn't difficult—it was just repeated hundreds of times.
In 15 minutes, I can usually find at least one thing that's costing a warehouse time or money.
Sometimes it's a layout issue. Sometimes it's a process that made sense two years ago but doesn't anymore. Sometimes it's a blind spot the team is too close to see.