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Here are some things you may find of interest.

Lean Assessment System Worksheet.xlsx	A full Lean Assessment system. This is an Excel spreadsheet that helps you analyze where you are in your Lean journey. The system is broken down into 9 Lean disciplines, with a detail scoring guide for each section. The last part is a nifty Radar plot and action plan to help you improve your score. There is nothing like a metric to help you improve, and this is a metric for your entire Lean journey. Determine where you are, so that you can journey farther!
Lean Assessment Documentation.docx	Documentation for a full Lean Assessment system mentioned above.

Day-by-the-Hour Boards.ppt	A mini training class for Day-by-the-Hour boards. This is one of the most powerful, and most under-utilized, tools in the Lean toolbox. I have personally used this technique to raise productivity by 40% in one of my operations, although a 5% - 10% improvement is more typical. See a brief explanation of this tool in the Vocabulary section at Day-by-the-Hour. Also see the detailed section on Day-by-the-Hour boards for more info.

Green Belt Program (excerpt).ppt	An excerpt from a 40-hour Green Belt class I teach. The full course is not free (although it's not very expensive, either), but you may find lots of good information in this excerpt. Call or eMail for pricing on the full course materials which includes several quizzes and a final exam.

Introduction to 5S.ppt	A complete introduction to 5S principles. This includes many photos of good and bad 5S, as well as a couple of humorous videos to emphasize and reinforce the critical aspects of 5S.

Video - ET Hiding in Toys.mpg	One of the video excerpts for the 5S training above. This is taken from ET, the Extraterrestrial. It demonstrates the problems caused by "too much stuff". You may need to download this separately, since embedded video sometimes causes problems in PowerPoint files.

Video - Monty Python Spanish Inquisition.mpg	One of the video excerpts for the 5S training above. This is taken from Monty Python's Flying Circus. It demonstrates the problems caused by when we lack a standard method to do a task. You may need to download this separately, since embedded video sometimes causes problems in PowerPoint files.