190-slide PowerPoint, PDF
$79.00
$79.00, 190-slides + supplemental tools, Best for: Facilities and operations leaders starting an office 5S initiative to organize work and cut waste.
EDITOR'S REVIEW
This deck stands out by treating the office as a Lean foundation and pairing 5S with a practical rollout, embedded visual-management concepts, and a path to sustained improvement rather than mere theory. It includes an Office 5S poster (color and monochrome, printable in A3/A4) to support implementation, making it especially helpful for facilities and operations leaders kicking off an office 5S initiative. [Learn more]
153-slide PowerPoint
$79.00
$79.00, 153-slides, Best for: Operations leaders driving Lean improvements needing visual controls, kanban, and standardized work.
EDITOR'S REVIEW
This deck stands out by pairing a practical visual-management framework with ready-to-use tools and templates that turn Lean concepts into observable workplace signals. It features a concrete tool—A3 storyboards—as part of the visual toolkit. It's particularly valuable for operations leaders driving Lean improvements who want to make processes visible and stabilize workflows across the value stream. [Learn more]
3-page PDF document, PowerPoint
$20.00
$20.00, 3-pages + supplemental tools, Best for: Manufacturing supervisors and lean trainers deploying 5S visual controls and shop-floor training materials
EDITOR'S REVIEW
This deck stands out for its shop-floor practicality, offering 2 visual themes (a vibrant color version and a professional monochrome) and delivering as a printable PDF plus editable PPTX for quick customization. It clearly lays out the 5 S pillars—Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain—with concrete principles, practices, and a shine-check sheet that you can deploy in training and on the line. The resource is especially useful for manufacturing supervisors and lean trainers needing a ready-made poster and takeaway to reinforce 5S visual controls during hands-on training and daily shop-floor routines. [Learn more]
189-slide PowerPoint, PDF
$79.00
$79.00, 189-slides + supplemental tools, Best for: Operations managers or lean leads implementing 5S and Visual Management in manufacturing or office settings.
EDITOR'S REVIEW
This deck emphasizes practical execution by pairing a 5S principles primer with explicit, hands-on guidance for red-tag sort events and the Visual Workplace approach, making it more action-oriented than a pure theory overview. It includes a 5S Techniques PPT and a printable color poster (PDF) in A3/A4. The resource will be most valuable to operations managers and lean leads responsible for launching or sustaining 5S initiatives across manufacturing floors and office environments. [Learn more]
162-slide PowerPoint, ZIP
$79.00
$79.00, 162-slides + supplemental tools, Best for: Operations managers and lean leads launching department-level 5S pilot-to-rollout programs
EDITOR'S REVIEW
This deck stands out by pairing an 8-step 5S rollout with a Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle, turning a housekeeping framework into a structured improvement process. It includes explicit red-tagging guidelines, giving practitioners concrete instruction for separating and tagging nonessential items during implementation. It's especially useful for operations managers and lean leads driving a department-level pilot-to-rollout, helping them scale 5S across teams with a repeatable approach. [Learn more]
28-slide PowerPoint, Excel template
$39.00
$39.00, 28-slides + supplemental tools, Best for: Plant managers and CI leads conducting monthly 5S audits with scored criteria and shopfloor visual reporting
EDITOR'S REVIEW
This deck stands out by pairing a 5S audit checklist with a built-in radar-chart visualization to track performance over time. It also includes detailed principles and meanings for each criterion, helping teams interpret results beyond raw scores. This toolkit is useful for shop-floor leaders such as plant managers or CI teams who conduct monthly audits and need a repeatable, data-driven way to sustain 5S gains and drive improvement actions. [Learn more]
123-slide PowerPoint, Excel template
$44.50
$44.50, 123-slides + supplemental tools, Best for: Operations managers and Lean practitioners initiating a 5S rollout for Kaizen events and audits.
EDITOR'S REVIEW
This deck differentiates itself by delivering a practical, end-to-end 5S rollout in a visual, hands-on package rather than a high-level overview. It ships with a 123-slide PowerPoint and a set of actionable Excel templates—red-tag forms, color coding, an audit checklist with scoring, and a radar plot—that keep implementation anchored in day-to-day workflow. This toolkit is particularly helpful for operations managers and lean teams initiating a 5S program, especially when planning Kaizen events and sustaining audits across multiple work areas. [Learn more]
20-slide PowerPoint
$35.00
$35.00, 20-slides, Best for: Operations managers and lean practitioners implementing daily/weekly visual audit boards with corrective-action tracking
EDITOR'S REVIEW
This deck stands out by pairing Kamishibai as a Lean visual-management tool with an embedded Leadership Audit Board video, delivered in a concise 20-page PowerPoint course. It uses two-sided colored Kamishibai cards (red for scheduled, green for completed) placed at or near the workplace to signal task status. The material is especially helpful for operations teams and continuous-improvement leads aiming to implement routine visual audits and track corrective actions in real time. [Learn more]
29-slide PowerPoint
$39.00
$39.00, 29-slides, Best for: Project managers and Lean practitioners establishing Obeya rooms for governance, KPIs, and regular performance reviews
EDITOR'S REVIEW
This deck stands out by operationalizing Obeya with a ready-to-use 29-slide PowerPoint designed to help teams design their own War Room and visualize project governance. It emphasizes visual boards and KPI tracking to facilitate structured, cross-functional discussions, making it a practical fit for Lean practitioners implementing governance routines. Primarily beneficial for project managers launching Obeya rooms in complex initiatives, it supports kick-off alignment and ongoing performance reviews. [Learn more]
40-slide PowerPoint
$35.00
$35.00, 40-slides, Best for: Operations managers and Lean facilitators running 5S workshops, pilots, and quick-start workplace organization programs
EDITOR'S REVIEW
This primer stands out by delivering a concise, facilitation-ready 5S package that translates Lean foundations into an actionable, workshop-friendly format in a compact 30-slide deck. It includes practical tools such as visual management aids, Poka-Yoke mistake-proofing, an implementation roadmap, and an audit checklist, making it easy to run hands-on sessions from shop floors to offices. It is well suited for operations managers and Lean facilitators running quick-start 5S pilots, onboarding, or short improvement sprints across diverse industries. [Learn more]
Real-Time Visual Control in Dynamic Operations
Visual Management transforms how teams track workflow status and respond to constraints. Rather than relying on periodic reports, organizations deploy real-time visual control systems such as kanban boards, andon lights, and color-coded dashboards that immediately surface bottlenecks. Lean Enterprise Institute research confirms that facilities implementing visual management systems reduce lead times by 25-40% because information flows at the speed of sight, not email cycles.
Traditional dashboard reporting creates lag. A manufacturing line with a faulty machine waits for supervisors to notice absence from logs. Visual andon systems trigger alerts within seconds, allowing teams to swarm and resolve issues before downstream impact compounds. Toyota's original visual control philosophy recognizes that every employee needs immediate clarity on what to do, what the standard is, and when standards deviate. Kanban board templates and visual control toolkits available on Flevy help operations leaders establish status displays, design escalation signals, and create physical management systems that enable instant response at the point of work.
PowerPoint (26)
Excel (5)
PDF (10)
