CI Ready! Delivers Key Continuous Improvement Insights and Strategies

Among its 5S improvements was building a CI Workshop with solutions for team members, including two workstations with storage racks, utilizing wheels for easy movement, and using decals on the floors versus paint to aid the correct placement of structures after cleaning.

While using a 5S audit tool to help team members improve and stay on track, Royal Containers is also the fifth company globally in the packaging sector to have an Obeya Room, a series of tools and techniques to help management solve the more difficult problems. As part of this initiative, the company has a master schedule to track major milestones, and an observation circle, through which a designated team observes the production floor for one to two hours to note instances of waste. These are then marked by category on a TIMWOOD chart, and rated on their level of impact and effort via a pick chart.