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5S / Workplace Organization

Pam Vecellio • April 23, 2021
5S benefits

Individuals often report that several hours per day are wasted in searching for materials, equipment, and information needed to do their job! 5S / Workplace Organization Method and Skills teaches you how to help teams get engaged in improvement and create immediate, meaningful, and visual improvement in their workplace.

Goal of 5S Methods and Skills:

To increase your knowledge and skills of the 5S method and be able to use it to decrease searching and getting ready wastes, improve productivity, and create an environment that is safe, visual and supports work processes. The training encompasses both physical and virtual work environments.

Benefits:

  • Reduce SEARCHING and GETTING READY wastes in daily work activities.
  • Increase the safety and productivity of your team.
  • Build teamwork.
  • Create a more visual, standardized work process.
  • Free up time for more capacity and value-adding activities for your customers.
What is 5s

Agenda: 

Training: 24 hours of education and immediate application. Participants bring a scenario to class on which to focus and practice.

Application and Coaching: 2 days of on-site event co-lead. One-on-one coaching until results are achieved.

Certification: Participation in this course and completion of 1 project = Continuous Improvement 5S Black Belt CERTIFICATION.

Agenda
1.    The role of a Continual Improvement Champion in leading the method
2.    How to lead a team through 5S in a physical environment; a) Confirming and Preparing the team, b) Seeing how to perform each step: Sort, Straighten, Shine, Standardize, Sustain, c) Classroom Simulation: Doing a 5S and getting feedback
3.    Showing how to lead a team through 5S in an office/information environment; a) Seeing how to perform each step; Differences in approach and techniques from a physical environment, b) Classroom Simulation: Doing a 5S and getting feedback
4.    Preparing for application
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