5S Training - Workplace Organization & Visual Control for Work Teams

in house/ 2 days
The Pillars for a Visual and Safe Workplace

 
Training’s goal:
Through this workshop for operators and for work teams, EXEGENS® can help you implement 5S in your organization and get the immediate productivity increases, but also for safety at work and for personnel’s state of mind.
5S are the initials of five Japanese words (Seiri / Sort, Seiton / Set in order, Seiso / Shine, Seiketsu / Standardizing, Shitsuke / Sustain).
5S is the fundamental activity to improve a business. 5S has been recognized as the basic technique for the strategies of the world class companies (World Class Manufacturing).
5S is not just about cleanliness however; it is about the functional organisation of the workplace, so that work can be done in an efficient, safe and non-frustrating environment.
The visual control is a concept complementary with the 5S technique, which helps to supporting the program standardization jobs, eliminating losses and increasing performance (KPI: PQCDSM or Productivity, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Safety and Morale / Motivation).
 
Sort
Sort the things you do not need for those you need and keep at the workplace only things you need. Get rid of unnecessary items.
 
Set in order
Arrange and identify carefully the items you need. Name a place for each thing, so that anyone can find it. Ask for things to always be placed in the designated space.
 
Shine
Clean up. Allways maintain your workplace clean and shiny. Find why things are getting dirty.
 
Standardizing
Become an example for adhesion to the first 3S standards and encourage others to follow them. Make rules and procedures to promote a pleasant work environment until the first 3S become the second nature of everyone.
 
Sustain
Maintain and apply the first 4S. Become meticulous in preservation and putting things in order and cleaning.
 
Principles and targets to achieve through the implementation of a 5S program are:
• Simplify the work environment;
• Reduce non-value-added activities;
• Improve efficiency;
• Reduce waste;
• Improve quality;
• Improve safety.
 
Training Summary:
Day I
1) Why do we need 5S?
20 reactions of Romanian Employees in 5S projects.
Introduction to 5S.
5S vision, objectives and positionning in companies.
Company organization and 5S.
Benefits of 5S.
Management preparation for a 5S program.
Visual Control.
2) Brief description if the 5S;
3) Detailed description of the first 5S pillar: Sort (steps; sorting criteria for productive area, for offices and for warehouses;  Red-Tag Strategy in 6 steps; Case study, etc.).
4) Detailed description of the second 5S pillar: Set in order (steps, color code, 17 principles of ergonomics; arranging productive areas, offices (documents / files) and warehouse; Case study, etc.).

Day II
5) Detailed description of the third 5S pillar: Shine (15 urgent needs; 3 phases for cleaning the equipment; 5 steps of cleaning; Example of inspections by cleaning points, etc.);
6) Detailed description of the forth 5S pillar: Standardizing (needs for standardization; 3 levels for maintaining the first 3S; Five-Minute 5S; detailed checklist; summary checklist for productive areas - 25 questions - and for offices - 25 questions; examples of standards - cleaning, lubrication, inspection, etc.).
7) Detailed description of the fifth 5S pillar: Discipline (15 needs; directions for discipline development; 5S sustaining strategies; visual management, etc.).
8) Conduct enterprise-wide 5S program (initial and maintaining the system projects).
Free discutions.
Video Example.
 
Who should attend: managers, engineers, production supervizors, facilitators, team leaders, technical leaders, operators.
 
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