1. Mission
Our Mission is to provide a safe and clean working environment to craft and create wood craft products for sale that will expand the circle of the Berea message.
Vision
Our vision is to create an efficient and organized workplace to allow the creation of high-quality craft items.

2. Charter
Mission – Our Mission is to provide a safe and clean working environment to craft and create wood craft products for sale that will expand the circle of the Berea message.
Burning platform – There are missed opportunities to present and share the Berea message through relationships built upon tour visits and the visual impact of the wood craft area.
Process Description – Crafts are made from lumber and are fabricated/assembled/finished using machines and hand tools.
Problem Statement – Unneeded tools and jigs take up space that could be used productively, and wood dust/shavings build up in work areas creating workplace hazards.
Sponsor – Derrick Singleton
Process Owner – Tim Glotzbach
Team Lead – Chester Mullins and Don Coy
Facilitator – Richard Smith
Team – Tim Glozbach, Richard Smith, Colby Black, William Hampton, Lazim Islam, Don Coy, Amber Green, Keith Ramsay, Hannah Crockett, Chester Mullins, Zachary Smith, Gudelia Ramirez-Duarte, Erin Powers, Logan Gardner, Julian Clark, Nelson, Schleiff, Shelby Brewer, Micah Korban, Zachary Widrick, Zachary Spicer, Cody Whismen, Jennifer Schwika, Ron Young, Ian Root, and Jonathan Taylor

3. SIPOC Suppliers Inputs Process Outputs Customers
BC Student Labor
BC Wood Craft Staff
Raw Material Vendors
Finished Craft Items
Student Crafts Warehouse
Internal Customers
Raw Materials
Requests
Planning
Limited Labor – Students do not work 8hrs/day

4. SWOT Analysis Internal External Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities
High demand for products
High percentage of returning labor students
Quality products
Lack of Standardized Workflows
Storage areas are not well defined by function
Current storage is not used efficiently
Internal
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
External
Educate the staff/students on 5S and LEAN fundamentals.
Establish easily understood standard work.
Demand could be greater than capacity.
Shortage of labor.

5. Hi-Level Process Map Raw materials are received
Raw materials are cut to size
Craft item is assembled
Craft item is visually inspected for defects
Craft item goes to spray room and is finished
Craft item is transferred to Student Crafts Warehouse
Craft item is visually inspected for finish defects

6. Project Team

7. Sustain

8. Visual Standards
Acceptable
Not Acceptable

9. Visual Standards
Acceptable
Not Acceptable

10. Visual Standards
Acceptable
Not Acceptable

11. Visual Standards
Acceptable
Not Acceptable

12. Visual Standards
Acceptable
Not Acceptable

13. Visual Standards
Acceptable
Not Acceptable

14. Visual Standard for Men’s Restroom

15. Visual Standard for Women’s Restroom

16. Successes
Visual standards were established & posted in the work place.
Standard work was developed for Skittles game assembly.
OSHA complaint of work place cleanliness resolved.
Skills Matrix posted for all labor students.
Removed two obsolete/unused pieces of equipment.
Savings - square footage valued at $36,000 reclaimed.