The 5S program is an extension of lean management and a way to “clean house” in the workplace, making it a great way to promote efficiency when it comes to manufacturing & distribution. The 5S program ...

Those of you grew up with Sesame Street may recall that each episode was brought to you by a different letter of the alphabet. I experienced my own version of this phenomenon three years ago, when ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. -- FMX Leonard Wood organization is one of the sites in the Fleet Management Expansion (FMX) Directorate, part of the Field Support Operations Directorate in the Integrated ...

CHICAGO — During recent visits to bakery and snack production facilities, I noticed that more of them seem to be successfully implementing a 5S program. The five S’s are to sort, set in order, shine, ...

The factory was incredibly clean. This maquiladora in northern Mexico was machining and assembling oil pumps, normally a very dirty process. Powered conveyor lines moved products from station to ...

Apple is reportedly training employees for a new iPhone trade-in program which would allow shoppers to bring an old iPhone into an Apple store and trade it in for credit towards a new iPhone, a ...

We recently adopted a 5S program in our pressroom. What is 5S? It turns out that it was one of the tools in the arsenal of Toyota that helped bring the american car industry to it's knees. It's ...

Apple Stores will on Monday expand their iPhone repair services to include iPhone 5s screen replacements, helping to cut down on overall cost and turnover rates. A source familiar with the matter told ...