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Recycle Event July 18, 2015

July 16, 2015 By Missy Gerber

recycle in TIgard

The Metropolitan Senior Network is sponsoring their 4th annual Recycling Event at the Tigard High School parking lot on July 18th. Join them from 10am to 2pm and get rid of your old computers, cables & cords, cell phones, televisions, stereo electronics and more!

Filed Under: 5s lean office, Blog, Organizing Solutions: Shredding & Recycling

Learn How To Be A Productivity Ninja™ – May 2015

April 28, 2015 By Missy Gerber

Learn how to be a Productivity Ninja

Organizers Northwest is teaming up with Graham Allcott, founder of Think Productive USA and author of the best-selling book How to be a Productivity Ninja to offer a 90 minute workshop on how you can be a Productivity Ninja™ and manage your attention, focus, projects and actions, as well as your choices and habits.

Filed Under: 5s lean office, Blog, Organizing Solutions: Workshops

Intro to Lean Visual Management in the Office with Some Tips from Julia Child

February 27, 2015 By Veronica

Julia Childs kitchen

As professional office organizers and 5S Experts, we are constantly looking for ways to create visual management systems and workplace flow within our client’s offices.

I can think of no better example of Lean Daily Management than the one and only Julia Child’s famous kitchen. Though she was certainly not a manufacturer, Julia had a very special and intimate knowledge of her own workspace, along with her needs for uninterrupted and focused workflow.

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Getting Your Inbox to Zero

December 12, 2014 By Veronica

Tracy Parks

Organizers Northwest is pleased to offer an Inbox to Zero workshop in partnership with Tracy Parks, CEO and Founder of Simplicated.

Tracy is an expert in office productivity and Lean Office principles. Her long list of clients include Boeing, T-Mobile, and the Gates Foundation.

Filed Under: 5s lean office, Blog, Organizing Solutions: Workshops

Small Business Workplace Organization: An Interview with Lauren Greenwalt of Loop Jewelry

September 12, 2014 By Veronica

organized workplace Lauren Greenwalt

I recently had the good fortune of visiting the studio of Laurent Greenwalt, local Portland artist and owner of Loop Jewelry. She was kind enough to answer my questions about how she stays organized as a small business owner. Read out our conversation…

Filed Under: 5s lean office, Blog, Organizing Solutions

Product Review: Cascading Wall Organizer from Smead

May 28, 2014 By Veronica

5s organizer from Smead

Let me begin by stating that, whatever anyone has to say about this product, its sheer sexiness is incontestable. All those gorgeous, bold colors hanging on the wall or in your office tote just scream ‘organized.’

Filed Under: 5s lean office, Blog, Organizing Solutions, Professional Organizer

Deadly Waste #7: Inspection

May 16, 2014 By Veronica

deadly-waste-7-inspection

According to Tom Fabrizio, understanding the waste of inspection “begins with an understanding that defects are caused by the way work is performed. If work is performed correctly, inspections are not needed” (Fabrizio, 7). As he describes it, inspections occur in order to find mistakes and defects after they have already occurred – they discover waste.

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The 5s System for Organizing Paper: FREE Presentation on June 4th

May 9, 2014 By Veronica

The professional 5s organizers

Wondering how to manage the paper that flows through your office? Reserve your seat and learn the tips and tricks of how to file for retrieval and take back your office space! Find out more here.

Filed Under: 5s lean office, Blog, Organizing Solutions: Workshops

Deadly Waste #6: Inventory and Storage

May 7, 2014 By Veronica

inventory waste in the 5s office

It is a little known truth that everything we own and which takes up space costs us money. This is true at home and in the office. When each square foot of office space is being paid for, that space is valuable and costs money to manage.

Filed Under: 5s lean office, Blog

Deadly Waste #5: Equipment Downtime

May 1, 2014 By Veronica

equipment downtime and the 5s office

Time spent waiting for equipment that is slow or inefficient is considered waste. An example of this would be a machine breaking down or requiring constant maintenance. Five minutes every week could save you hours!

Filed Under: 5s lean office, Blog

Deadly Waste #4: Overprocessing

April 23, 2014 By Veronica

the deadly waste of overprocessing

Though we want to do our best to please the client, sometimes the product of our efforts is just wasted energy, time and money; the client did not ask for it and does not want to pay for it. Read about the deadly waste of overprocessing.

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Deadly Waste: #3 Unnecessary Motion

April 17, 2014 By Veronica

5S-Lean-office-traffic-flow-diagram

This form of waste relates to any movement that is excessive or unnecessary. It can be as small as turning around to reach for a tool or a file, or as extreme as walking from one end of the building to another (multiple times in a day) in order to deliver a document that could be sent electronically.

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Deadly Waste #2: Waiting

April 9, 2014 By Veronica

5s lean office addresses the deadly waste of waiting

The deadly waste of waiting irks us all at one time or another; waiting to see your doctor, waiting in line at the supermarket and waiting for your number at the DMV are all everyday forms of this waste. But what about wait time in the office? Read more here.

Filed Under: 5s lean office, Blog

Deadly Waste #1: Correction and Rework

April 3, 2014 By Veronica

Example of 5s lean office deadly waste

This is the first blog in a series about The Seven Deadly Wastes. Professional Organizer Veronica Bishop takes a close look at the first “Deadly” known as Correction and Rework. What time and material do you waste correcting and re-doing work? Read more here.

Filed Under: 5s lean office, Blog

5S Lean Office and the 7 Deadly Wastes

April 2, 2014 By Veronica

5S-lean-office-deadly-waste4

As 5S and Lean Office practitioners, one of the first questions we get asked is: “so what is 5S really all about?” People sometimes know the benefits of 5S, or they know the Five S’s themselves (Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain). But the real backbone of the work often alludes people. What [Read more…]

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