The Supply Cabinet That Teaches Back
Explain why visual locations and min-max cues make a storage area self-correcting.
This cabinet was cleaned before, but it did not stay reliable. Reveal what changed when the team made the standard visible. Before: full shelves, unclear homes, and no signal for low stock. After: fixed homes, visible quantity cues, and faster replenishment signals. Each high-use item has one point-of-use home, which reduces search and stops people from creating private backup stashes. The empty space is intentional: absence now means something, so missing or low items are visible before a stockout. The arrangement is standardized across shifts, so the cabinet does not depend on one organized person's memory. The cabinet supports Lean…
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