1. The BASICS� Model: Suggest Solutions
The Process Block Diagram
Layout Recommendations, Reviews, and Approvals
Beware of Isolated Islands
Other Layout Considerations
Chaku-Chaku and Hanedashi
Overarching Guidelines to Layout Redesign
Guideline 1: No Isolated Islands
Guideline 2: No or Limited Use of Doors, Drawers, Walls, and Partitions
Guideline 4: Review Layout and Workstation Design for Travel Distance and "Ergonomics," Limit Reaching, and Implement Standing/Walking Operations
Guideline 5: Oba Gauge (Line of Sight)
Guideline 6: Staff Should Be Located on the Inside of the Work Cell and Replenishment Should Be from the Outside
Guideline 7: The Layout Should Be Designed with Flow and Visual Controls in Mind
Guideline 8: Co-Locate Executives and Office Staff on or Near the Floor or Areas with Their Products
Guideline 9: Don't Plan Rework Inside a Cell
Guideline 10: Develop a Master Layout Early in the Project
Guideline 11: Layout Approval
Guideline 12: Housekeeping
How Do We Know When the Layout Is Right?
Struggling to Get the Layout Right?
Ten-Step Master Layout Process
Future Requirements Analysis
Architects versus Lean Hospitals
Assumptions and Options and Barriers
Phased Implementation Plan
Typical Approach to a Master Layout
Hospital Results-Laboratory
Materials Should Be Fed from the Back of the Workstation
Batching Fixtures and Workstations Must Be Modified or Removed
Personal Tools versus Company-Owned Tools
Problem with Shadowed Tools
Sitting versus Standing and Walking Operations
Implementing Workstation Design
Point-to-Point Diagram After
Station Balancing and Load Balancing
Proper Sizing of the Quantity of Supplies Needed
Centralized versus Decentralized
Waiting to Solve Every Possible Situation
Production is Most Important
Start with the Team Leader or Group Leader/Supervisor
Lean Roles and Responsibilities
