Kaizen
Kaizen is the
practice of continuous improvement. Kaizen was originally introduced to the
West by Masaaki Imai in his book Kaizen: The Key to Japan’s Competitive Success
in 1986. Today Kaizen is recognized worldwide as an important pillar of an
organization’s long-term competitive strategy.
What is 5S ?
One of the most powerful Lean
Manufacturing Tools and a cornerstone of any successful implementation is that
of 5S, but what is 5S and its 5 Steps of Seiri, Seiton, Seiso, Seiketsu and
Shitsuke?
5S is a simple tool for organizing
your workplace in a clean, efficient and safe manner to enhance your
productivity, visual management and to ensure the introduction of standardized
working.
Most of the other definitions of 5S and descriptions that I see here on the internet concentrate heavily on the aesthetics and the efficiency gains that you achieve through implementing 5S and neglect the real aim of 5S; the need to introduce standard operational practices to ensure efficient, repeatable, safe ways of working.
Most of the other definitions of 5S and descriptions that I see here on the internet concentrate heavily on the aesthetics and the efficiency gains that you achieve through implementing 5S and neglect the real aim of 5S; the need to introduce standard operational practices to ensure efficient, repeatable, safe ways of working.
In addition to standardised working
which provides you with a stable foundation to build all of your other
improvements through implementing Lean Tools, you also provide a highly visual
workplace. One of the most important factors of 5S is that it makes problems
immediately obvious.
5S is a team run process and should be conducted by the people who work within the area in which the principles of 5S are being applied, it is not a tool that can be applied by an outsider onto an area without the knowledge and cooperation of the people within it.
5S is a team run process and should be conducted by the people who work within the area in which the principles of 5S are being applied, it is not a tool that can be applied by an outsider onto an area without the knowledge and cooperation of the people within it.
TABEL 5S
Seiketsu is the fourth step of the 5S method. It means “standardized cleanup”. It derives from the one-time Seiso step which made the factory “shiny clean” and set the standard for cleanliness. Seiketsu makes it possible and feasible to live up to that standard.
Seiketsu
enables and ensures compliance to the new standards of cleanliness. The
benefits include:
- Maintaining the higher morale gained during Seiso
- Pride in the workplace
- Relapsing into dirty or messy conditions means that theSeisoeffort was wasted
- Minimal investment in time: the goal is 5 minutes per worker per shift
- No big clean-up before a visit from customers or executives
- Less downtime for equipment
What
Have We Learned?
- Tasks
- Tools required for each task
- Sequence of tasks
- Time required for each task
What are the benefits of Seiketsu
in the 5S process?
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- Maintain cleanliness, and therefore avoid periodic large-scale cleanup projects
- Support the Seiri(sort) and Seiton (set in order) initiatives: regular cleaning ensures that only useful objects are kept, and tools are stored in their proper places
- Maintains the morale boost from the one-time Seiso(shiny-clean) step: the effort was not wasted; management really is committed; and everyone continues to work toward this common goal
- Provides a daily visual inspection of equipment and facilities, so preventative maintenance can be performed at the earliest possible time
- Makes it easier to note that tools and materials are stored properly at the end of each shift
- Reinforces the culture of tidiness, so workers are less likely to leave a mess that they will just have to clean up later
- he less frequent cleanups – weekly or even less often – also have benefits:
- Reinforces the good first impression of cleanliness and tidiness, because the less-used or less-visited areas are also well-maintained; there is no contrast between a showcase work station and a messy storage closet
- Improves morale by reducing the
friction between workers with different personal tolerances for neatness, or
different ways of storing tools
Contributes to consistent quality and productivity
Step - Step Seiketsu
- Determination Control Point
- You keep unnatural conditions
- Monitor mechanism design
- Periodic inspection
- Patterns are not further
Motivation
Seiketsu enables and ensures
compliance to the new standards of cleanliness. The benefits include:
- Maintaining the higher morale gained during Seiso
- Pride in the workplace
- Relapsing into dirty or messy conditions means that the Seiso effort was wasted
- Minimal investment in time: the goal is 5 minutes per worker per shift
- No big clean-up before a visit from customers or executives
- Less downtime for equipment
MOTTO SEIKETSU
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