The Rolling Tool Cart

Mostly thumbs up. agree there are probably too many tools on this. Would probably create a few carts. In fact, really thinking of how to convert our changeover carts into something more like this organizing the tools in the order or use. Thanks for sharing. I have forwarded to my maintenance colleagues to get one made up this week to test it out.

Thumbs done. While there is an advantage to have a portable solution this example is very poor from a 5S point of view. You can’t tell what or how many. Are these tools even stored at the right location. I think this company called Lean Innovations offers a better example. http://www.leaninnovations.ca/index.html

Thumbs up! Emergency Departments (EDs) are a good example of how this is used in healthcare. New EDs are commonly planned and designed with standard rooms – meaning that the equipment and size is the same for each room to improve flexibility of patient placement. So, you don’t need to have 5 people waiting for a specific type of room, when you have 3 other rooms that aren’t being used. These standard rooms are supported by specialized carts with a standard set of supplies/equipment, which are wheeled into the room according to patient need. Some common examples of this are gyno and a pediatric cart.

Sexy music but poor 5S. I like the sentiment and the obvious effort, but this is not something that I would hold out as a best practice example. The first give-away was the lack of 5S in the background before the cart even appeared on screen. While the mobility and tool accessibility and visibility are quite good, it reminds me of a rapper with lots of “bling.”

It seems that there may be an excess of tools and tape. I typically ask folks to identify, by themselves and then amongst their co-workers, the tools and materials that they think they absolutely need. Then the haggling begins and we often negotiate (justification is required) to a smaller subset of tools and materials. With that locked in, we then determine the necessary surface area to accommodate the tools and materials and then create the right-sized pegboard (rolling, if it makes sense). After that comes the shadowing, labeling, etc. Pretty sure with the video example if I snuck in and grabbed a tool or two, it would take a long while before anyone figured out what was missing. ..And the drawers, well no way from the outside to tell contents or standard quantities, etc.

Just my humble opinion. That said, I would love to have the apparent energy and moonshine expertise of the creators in my gemba!

2 Thumbs Down for me.

I see many issues that I am not in favor of with this rolling tool cart.

!. Peg Board: My experience is that after a short time the peg holders fall out easily and you wind up attempting to tape or try to find a solution to hold the different tool holders to the board. The peg board also collect dirt and dust. The surface is not finished or painted for easy cleaning. I also found that my labels at home did not adhere well to the masonite material. They tend to roll up after a short period of time.

2. The castors are too small and will catch on power cords, air hoses, and thresholds. Managing a cart of this size could be difficult and lead to injury over thresholds.

3. As mentioned earlier, the abundance of tools seems to exceed the need. It appears to have more tools than typically needed for a specific task as suggested in my understanding of 5S. My interest was to outfit each work station with just the tools required and to have them available. It could defeat 5S by having the cart shared or moved to several locations.

4. Cost is my last consideration of meeting the needs for the facilities that I have worked with to outfit 5S. My goal was to find the best solution and then shop. I still like putting tools into labeled drawers. I like the neat clean look and everything put away. I think it is just my preference.