This book is designed to use proven principles used for many decades by companies like Toyota, Boeing, and many other manufacturing operations to run a seamless operation. By using tools like 5S, Pareto Principle, Pull Systems, and others you can totally change the way your home functions too! You can save time, money, and tons of stress by using this Lean Home Companion.
Chapter Titles include:
The Fish Can't See Water
The Toyota Connection
The Starting Place- 5S
Weed it out! - the Pareto Principle
Factory Kitchen?
Grocery Shopping Like A Factory Manager
The 7 Wastes, Muda Everywhere!
How Much Stuff Do I Really Need?
I Can See Clearly Now... The Junk Is Gone
Yes, Kids Can Do It Too
How To Keep It Up
WIIFM?
Opening Chapter Excerpt:
The Japanese have an expression that "Fish can't see water". In the US it is often said "You can't see the forest for the trees". That is often the case in our homes. We often get so acclimated or overcome by disorganization that we either don't see the problem or don't know where to start to deal with it.
Sometimes we can't actually distinguish between the individual items of clutter and the sheer mass of our possessions. Or more to the point we are paralyzed by the sheer magnitude of the task of organizing and can’t see that all we have to do is pick out one item here and one item there until we can begin to see the progress we are making. By enlisting the help of other "fresh eyes" to help us see through this forest and some time proven methods of organization and cleaning can make this process much easier to accomplish.
Chapter Titles include:
The Fish Can't See Water
The Toyota Connection
The Starting Place- 5S
Weed it out! - the Pareto Principle
Factory Kitchen?
Grocery Shopping Like A Factory Manager
The 7 Wastes, Muda Everywhere!
How Much Stuff Do I Really Need?
I Can See Clearly Now... The Junk Is Gone
Yes, Kids Can Do It Too
How To Keep It Up
WIIFM?
Opening Chapter Excerpt:
The Japanese have an expression that "Fish can't see water". In the US it is often said "You can't see the forest for the trees". That is often the case in our homes. We often get so acclimated or overcome by disorganization that we either don't see the problem or don't know where to start to deal with it.
Sometimes we can't actually distinguish between the individual items of clutter and the sheer mass of our possessions. Or more to the point we are paralyzed by the sheer magnitude of the task of organizing and can’t see that all we have to do is pick out one item here and one item there until we can begin to see the progress we are making. By enlisting the help of other "fresh eyes" to help us see through this forest and some time proven methods of organization and cleaning can make this process much easier to accomplish.
