Visual Management in Lubrication Management
By: Nick Kroll – Trico Corporation
One of the core components to lean manufacturing is a solid 5S visual management system. It is easier to manage an operation if you can fully understand it, and understanding often comes from being able to “see” what is happening. The 5S visual management system is designed to create a visual workplace – an environment that is self-explaining, self-ordering, and self-improving. The 5S system consists of five elements. These elements are Sort (eliminate those things not truly necessary, remove the clutter), Set in order (organize that which is necessary to minimize waste), Shine (keep areas clean and well-ordered with regular inspections), Standardize (document and communicate what good condition looks like), and Sustain (institutionalize through process development and training). Self-explaining, self-ordering, and self-improving - visual management assists in the simplification of work management systems.
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Asset Identification
An important corner-stone of any maintenance program is asset identification. Experience maintenance workers know every machine within their area intimately, but for many others that may be given the task of lubrication it is not as easy to identify each machine (let alone each lubrication point). Each asset is to be clearly identified so there can be no mistaking machines and missing lubrication rounds. Each lubrication point is to be color coded as well as fill caps, dip sticks, zerk fittings and any other point of entry for lubricants to avoid misapplication and/or cross contamination.
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