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A Hazcom label on a corrosion resistant chemical barrel
Chemical Labeling 101
Navigating Compliance Challenges and Enhancing Visual Communication In the regulatory-driven healthcare ...
Floor tape on a mechanic's shop floor
What is Floor Marking?
Visual safety communication takes many forms in the workplace. Beyond just signs and labels, floor marking is ...
What Is Kanban?
In the face of declining sales and profits during the 1950s, Eiji Toyoda began looking for ways to improve ...
Hard Hat Requirements
OSHA/ANSI Hardhat Requirements 68,000 injuries in 2020 required an absence from work 1,000 workers killed ...
Logistics Tracking
Logistics involves managing the movement of resources. This not only includes products, but the movement and ...
Chaku Chaku
Chaku chaku, literally meaning "load load," is a Japanese term for a single-piece manufacturing process based ...
Planned Maintenance
Planned maintenance is a proactive approach to maintenance in which maintenance work is scheduled to take ...
Kaizen Benefits
Businesses continue to turn towards lean manufacturing tools to find ways to tighten their belts and remain ...
Product Identification
Product identification is a broad category of labeling that includes functions such as product traceability, ...
International Fire Code
The International Fire Code (IFC) provides fire prevention and safety standards for existing buildings. It ...
Arc flash signs next to a miner
Arc Flash in Mining
Very little can happen in mining without electricity. From drilling equipment and powered shovels to fixed ...
OSHA 29 CFR 1926
Construction is a high hazard industry, with unique situations and hazards, and it employs more than six ...
NFPA 704
NFPA 704 Labels NFPA 704 - Standard System for the Identification of the Hazards of Materials for Emergency ...
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What Is Kanban?
In the face of declining sales and profits during the 1950s, Eiji Toyoda began looking for ways to improve ...
Five Whys
The five whys analysis is also known as the why-why chart and root cause analysis. As these names imply, the ...
Lean Facility
Creating a Lean Facility The global market places significant pressure on businesses and other organizations ...
Continuous Improvement
What is Continuous Improvement? Continuous improvement is a philosophy of looking to improve products and ...
Quality Circles
The quality circle originated in Japan in the early 1960's. The objective was to give the responsibility for ...
Kaizen Getting Started
There is more to implementing Kaizen than we can include on a single web page. However, the following serves ...
FOCUS PDCA
FOCUS PDCA is a management method, developed in the healthcare industry, used to improve processes. Created ...
Lean Canvas
Compared to writing a business plan, which can take several weeks or months, you can outline multiple ...
FMECA
The Fundamentals of FMECA FMECA is used to evaluate reliability and identify the most critical failure modes. ...
Lean on Maintenance
What is Lean Maintenance? Lean manufacturing is arguably the single greatest advance in plant efficiency ...
Cross-Docking
What is Cross-Docking? At its most basic, cross-docking establishes a speedy, efficient system for unloading ...
SIPOC
SIPOC is an acronym for Suppliers, Inputs, Processes, Outputs, and Customers and shows how these business ...
What Is Kaizen?
Kaizen originated in Japan during the early 1950s and comes from two words: Kai (improvement) and Zen (good). ...
Inventory Planning
What is Inventory? The word "inventory" can have a number of definitions. In this article, we'll be talking ...
Kanban Benefits
Kanban Provides a Number of Benefits. Kanban was developed as a method for controlling the flow of materials ...
Six Sigma Methodology
As the name implies, a Lean Six Sigma methodology combines the principles of lean manufacturing ("Lean") with ...
Process Map
Why Map a Process? Maps and flowcharts help make work visible. Increased visibility improves communication ...
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Floor tape on a mechanic's shop floor
What is Floor Marking?
Visual safety communication takes many forms in the workplace. Beyond just signs and labels, floor marking is ...
Types of Floor Marking
As workplaces grow increasingly sophisticated, it's imperative that employers keep workers safe, increase ...
Floor Signs
When employers imagine floor marking, most think of aisle markers, pathway designations, and hazard stripes. ...
Floor Marking 101
Companies around the world, from major manufacturers down to your local grocery store, all share a common ...
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A Hazcom label on a corrosion resistant chemical barrel
Chemical Labeling 101
Navigating Compliance Challenges and Enhancing Visual Communication In the regulatory-driven healthcare ...
Parts of an SDS
Under the international standard called the Globally Harmonized System, or GHS, details about a chemical or ...
NFPA 704 vs HazCom 2012
A variety of labeling standards and classification systems are available for managing chemical safety. This ...
ANSI Cutting Standard
ANSI Cutting Standard The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has updated its hand protection ...
An instructor standing at the front of an adult class with a Hazcom label projected on the wall
HazCom Training
OSHA's HazCom rules, sometimes called the Hazard Communication Standard or HazCom 2012, cover requirements ...
Understanding the SDS
Chemical safety can be a massive puzzle, with a variety of interconnected elements: inventory lists, storage ...
REACH Training
REACH is an acronym for Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and restriction of Chemicals. REACH is a ...
NFPA 704 Hazmat Diamond
NFPA 704 is titled "Identification of the Hazards of Materials for Emergency Response." NFPA 704 defines a ...
Lab Safety Labels
Permanent Container Safety Labels OSHA requires employers to ensure that no worker uses, stores, or allows ...