Making your Portable Restroom business Lean and mean – How to boost productivity and increase your bottom line

AGENDA What is Lean? How can it transform your business? How do you get started? Common pitfalls and mistakes Questions & comments

WHAT IS LEAN? The research team found, upon studying Toyota and comparing them to the “Big 3” American auto manufacturers, that Toyota was able to produce MORE with LESS: MORE: Quality Value Innovation Customer satisfaction LESS: Floor space Inventory People Equipment Defects Accidents The term "lean" was coined to describe Toyota's business during the late 1980s by a research team headed by Jim Womack, Ph.D., at MIT's International Motor Vehicle Program.

LEAN IS NOT… About laying people off A Japanese thing Only for manufacturing Only for large companies A “program” Only a set of tools

CORE CONCEPTS OF LEAN PRODUCTION 1. WORK = VALUE ADD + WASTE Activities which meet the following criteria: Customers are willing to pay for it Changes the fit, form, or function of a product Is done correctly the first time Activities which meet the following criteria: Customers are willing to pay for it Changes the fit, form, or function of a product Is done correctly the first time Everything else! Increases cost Lowers quality Everything else! Increases cost Lowers quality 2. RESPECT FOR PEOPLE Engage the entire organization to eliminate waste

Seven types of Waste Excess of Production InventoryTransport Waiting Motion Unnecessary Process Defects

HOW CAN LEAN TRANSFORM YOUR BUSINESS Increased customer satisfaction

HOW CAN LEAN TRANSFORM YOUR BUSINESS Increased employee satisfaction

HOW CAN LEAN TRANSFORM YOUR BUSINESS Increased productivity (labor and equipment)

THREE COMPONENTS OF A SUCCESSFUL LEAN TRANSFORMATION Culture Operating system Performance management system

THERE ARE MANY LEAN “TOOLS” TO HELP IDENTIFY AND REMOVE WASTE 5S – Workplace Organization Single Piece Flow / Cellular Manufacturing Visual Management Total Productive Maintenance SMED – Quick changeover from one product to another Kanban / Pull Systems Kaizen

5S IS A SYSTEM FOR WORKPLACE ORGANIZATION Only the equipment, tools and material required for production is kept in the workplace “A place for everything, and everything it its place” Clean the entire workplace and all equipment Use standard procedures and checklists to maintain a clean and orderly work area Establish a system to monitor 5S to ensure that it is maintained Sort Straighten Scrub Standardize Sustain

RESTROOM ASSEMBLY KAIZEN Before: Assemble 28 units at a time 8 operators ~60 minutes/unit assembly time After: 3 teams of 3 operators assemble one unit at a time operators, depending on demand ~45 minutes/unit assembly time (25% productivity improvement)

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