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Sustain
To sustain your lube room in its optimal
condition, it will be essential to conduct peri-
odic audits. By creating and posting a cleaning
schedule,
you can hold workers accountable
using a simple completion sign-off sheet. With
the benchmark picture on the wall, there is no
excuse for error. ese pictures also help when
conducting audits and explaining the results to
the team. e audit results and improvement
opportunities should be displayed in the area
as well. Hold meetings to show pictures of
your progress and celebrate as a team to build
your culture.
Finally,
before implementing this 5-S
process into your lube room, your orga-
nization or team should designate a lube
champion.
is individual should have Six
Sigma training and know the end goal. He or
she will be responsible for managing the team
throughout the process, developing standards
for each area and then working to sustain
those standards through regular audits.
ML
About the Author
David Dise is an associate technical consul-
tant for Noria Corporation. He has been certified
as a Level II Machine Lubricant Analyst (MLA
II) and a Level I Machinery Lubrication Tech-
nician (MLT I) by the International Council for
Machinery
Lubrication (ICML). Contact David
at ddise@noria.com to learn how Noria can help
you incorporate 5-S into your lube room.
45%
of lubrication professionals
say their plant has not made
any improvements to its lube
room in the past five years,
based on a recent survey at
MachineryLubrication.com
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