"Equipment Reliability Made Visual"

By: Chris Rutter, Sr. Marketing Manager, Brady Worldwide Inc

UPDATED: 1/21/09!

Manufacturers on the lean journey are discovering how critically important it is to stabilize equipment performance and reliability. Lean sustainability rests on a foundation of operational stability. Thus it is virtually impossible to achieve improvements in cost, inventory, quality or lead times if your equipment is not well maintained. This white paper shows how visual devices can be used to optimize equipment reliability by simplifying operator-based maintenance training, speeding preventative and predictive maintenance tasks, facilitating troubleshooting, streamlining parts management, and enhancing safety.

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"Sustain the Gains of Lean Improvements"

By: Chris Rutter, Sr. Marketing Manager, Brady Worldwide Inc.

Visual devices serve as the key sustaining force in a lean program, as the use of visuals ensures that lean improvements remain clearly visible, readily understood and consistently adhered to long after the kaizen event is over. This white paper explains the critical role that visuals play in a variety of lean concepts, such as 5S, TPM, Kanban and more. The photo examples included in the document also help to stimulate your own creative ideas and establish best practices.