5S and the Visual Workplace
Full Transformation and Implementation
5S is an extremely powerful lean tool that can be applied in any working environment. Manufacturing, food processing, machines shops, office and administrative, auto body repair, automotive repair, and warehousing as examples can benefit from 5S implementations.
5S is a cleanliness and organization philosophy that can improve productivity, quality, maximize floor space use, provide visibility of potential problems, increase volume and output, monitor performance, maximize time, and provide a pleasant looking work environment.
Sort: Act of removing unnecessary items from the work area
Straighten: Organize what is left so everything is identified what it is and where it goes.
Scrub: Clean everything and keep it clean
Standardize: Maintain consistency and best practice
Sustain: Maintain performance, provide accountability, and to further improve.
Kaizen Assembly can offer the expertise and services needed to train and implement 5S into your organization. Our experience and success in 5S implementations can help companies regardless of your operating processes. Imagine a work environment where “everything has a home.”
Projects can be small, medium, or large in scope; whatever works best for the organization.
Products
5S Shadow Board Reference Guide: $17.50 Color. 17 Pages
A comprehensive step by step manual outlining how to construct and install a 5S shadow board. Highly detailed with color pictures
Kaizen Event Supply Box: $650.00 + Shipping
(Assembly required)
Made partially from re-claimed wood for sustainability purposes, the kaizen event supply box is an essential item for any kaizen event. It is used to store useful supplies and tools for 5S implementation. This mobile box includes: a removal box, assembly instructions, the 5S and the Visual Workplace Training Manual, assembly tools, recommended supply list, and a high quality stabilizing hinge. It is also outfitted with peg board on the interior walls to help organized your 5S supplies. Contact us to order.
If you are interested in our 5S training, 5S consulting, or 5S training manuals and CD ROM’s, email us at contact@kaizenassembly.com or call 360-715-2129.
5S Online Training Package
Kaizen Assembly, a premier provider of LEAN training and implementation, offers live online training/webinars so participants can be trained in the comforts of their office or home. Often the biggest expense in acquiring outside training is the cost of travel. With Kaizen Assembly’s webinar training, participants can maximize their investment in LEAN. Find out more here ...