Lean is no longer just for manufacturing

For some time, Lean Manufacturing has been making its way into various non-traditional Lean industries. These have included mining, parcel delivery, business administration and many others.
Now, Lean is making a big push into hospitals and laboratories. Administrators of these facilities have long recognized the growing demands doctors, nurses and other care providers are facing in this new age of medicine. Saddled with the responsibility to find a solution, many administrators have looked to the manufacturing industry for answers.

Lean is now one of the hottest approaches to facility management, why not hospitals and laboratories?    Lean provides an approach to working that has benefits in any workplace, not just manufacturing. The priciples of being organized (5S), continuous improvement (Kaizen), and managing the flow of materials (Kanban) and help any workplace be more productive and safer.

New HazCom website to focus on oil, coal & gas

When it comes to Earth Energy Industries, good information about HazCom labeling is always welcome.

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New HazCom website to focus on oil, coal and gas

Got Ammonia Pipes? Get 'em marked right!

When it comes to Ammonia Pipes, you want everyone who enters a plant to see and understand these hazards. That's why Ammonia Pipes require special "standardized" markings.

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Got Ammonia Pipes? Get Them Marked Right.

Check-out the new DuraLabel Supplies Catalog!

Shopping online comes in handy when you have time to sit at your computer and do the research. Nothing is quicker.  But at times having a printed catalog is convenient.

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New DuraLabel Supplies Catalog

Color-coding you can rely on.

Compared with DuraLabel, some labels don't stand up to normal weathering.

The DuraLabel test labs checked DuraLabel supplies vs. a leading competitor's supplies.

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Label Quality You Can Count On

Inspect your labels and signs regularly

Keeping a safety program functional isn't always easy. Often, it gets overlooked because it's a duty that gets passed from employee to employee.

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Inspecting Labels & Signs

Lean health care is on it's way...

No one wants to hear their hospital is run like a factory, but some hospitals are finding methods used by industry also work in health care facilities and often help improve the care they provide.

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Label Printing For Health Care