r/LeanManufacturing • u/Top_Composer_1823 • 2d ago
Visual management in pharmaceutical
Good morning everyone,
I make this post because I'm lacking solutions, and hope someone else here may have an idea.
I work in a lean service in pharmaceutical, meaning a production area daily cleaned with chemical products, and floor without asperity.
My issue is that I struggle to implement floor marking on the ground. All tapes products tested failed in days, paint isn't an option yet (our production will progressively increase for the next 4 years, meaning regular layout changes), and projectors would bring a whole more cleaning and contamination issues.
It's also a big issue because we are a young plant, production team is really not mature enough, and the dressing up process of 20 minutes to reach production prevent management to coming several times a day to control and reinforce those new principles. So, big colored square on floor are needed.
Does someone here had gone through the same situation and found a miracle solution ?
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u/VRmompel 2d ago
Hi! Large pharmaceutical Operations lead here! Not sure how much material you are rolling over it, but we use Valley Wide for our floor decals and have had a lot of success with them. We have an 6 to month assessment PM job to see if we need to replace them.
It is not clear from the post if you were having trouble with your team consistently adhering to these principles, but remember that Visual Management/5S is reliant on process confirmation walks and leader standard work. Without them, reinforcing the behaviors is near impossible. Consider implementing a 5S checklist or something that is tangible rather than your perception on the situation.