Lean OverviewCoastal Printing

Continuous Improvement and Flex Program

Our CI&F Program will be based on the lean manufacturing process

We will phase it into production and into the front office over the next four weeks

We will spend time training together first so that when we do roll this out to the rest of the company we will speak with one voice

Coastal Printing Continuous Improvement & Flex Program

A printers story

Lean printing – what other say

How others see it

What is Lean

Value vs. Non-Value

Value vs. Non-Value

Value and Waste defined

The starting point

Why Companies start to use Lean

The Building Blocks

The building Blocks

More accurately – the foundations

5S Standardized work Visual Controls Plant Layout Teams

&Value Stream Mapping

Where we start

The Foundations

1. Sort

2. Set In Order

3. Shine

4. Standardize

5. Sustain

Five S

The Foundations

This is another way of saying:

Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s)

The difference here though is that when the SOP is made a time is recorded for every stage of the task.

Once Standardized Work is created for ALL aspects of the company then real improvement can begin as only when you have a starting point can you move from it.

And only when you have measurements can you compare future improvements

Standardized Work

The Foundations

The Foundations

The FoundationsTeams & Workplace practices

What do we do now?

What training do we need?

Who does what?

Which building block comes first?

The Journey Begins