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How to Design a Lean Storeroom Layout for Your Job Shop: A Perfect 10 Methodology – Part 2

Is your storeroom layout designed for optimal flow? Does it have a place for everything and everything in its place? Do you have the right equipment to make effective use of available shop space and promote efficient storage and retrieval of parts? Are you leveraging material kitting? If not, you’ll want to read this article. It explains, in plain English, the remaining five steps of a ten-step systematic methodology; from developing an effective kitting strategy to designing the detailed floorplan and more.

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How to Design a Lean Storeroom Layout for Your Job Shop: A Perfect 10 Methodology – Part 1

A common misconception is lean manufacturing principles and practices are mostly applicable to high volume, low mix manufacturing like Toyota. This is not the case when judicially applied as you’ll see in this article. From assigning the right team to proper 5S tactics, here are the beginning steps to creating a more efficient storage environment.