The reason to keep your work area clean and in order are more subtle:
- An organized workplace reduces wasted time and ensure safety
- Have you ever watched a video of someone doing their job, and they disappeared from the screen for several minutes? Wandering around looking for some misplaced tool, material, or supply?
More often, the worker still remains “in the picture”, but you notice their work flow getting interrupted and slowed down as they search for some…misplaced…something…that they know they “just put down”… somewhere…nearby…
- A clean workplace reveals problems –
- And problems can’t be resolved until they are reveled.
In an unclean workplace, it is hard to notice things like
“When did that machine start making that noise?” or “when did that start leaking oil?”
- Encouraging people to reveal problems is a huge culture change.
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