You have to make thousands of decisions each day so why not simplify as many as possible.
I watched another video from FastCap called "Learn to See - Lean Tour" and found something new.
The video has more than a dozen ideas on how Fast Cap employees have simplified their daily jobs with small innovations.
In this one I saw an example that was perfect for me to use in the home.
The employees used zip ties to lash spoons, forks and knives to the utensil holder in the dishwasher.
When it's time to unload the clean utensils all the forks can be pulled and put away at the same time, then the spoons and then the knives.
My wife and I tried this at home and it works great and it only took about 2 minutes to set up.
We had tried to separate them in the utensil area by paying close attention to where each type of utensil went but we kept mixing them up.
This small visual control minimized the risk for error and now unloading the diswasher has gotten just a little easier.
FastCap: Learn to See - Lean Tour