Visual Management & 5SBetter Understand Visual Management & The 5S Technique

What is Visual Management?

• Being able to look at any given process and know the status of the operation

The Goals of Visual Management

• The ability to identify, at a glance, how well an area is operating to its:

• Goals

• Status of production

• Problem solving effectiveness

Anybody should be able to walk up to ANY cell/work area and immediately know what is going on.

5S: Workplace Organization

• An organized workplace can have a major impact on productivity

• How much time is lost:

• Looking for supplies, parts, forms, etc?

• What about looking for electronic files?

What is 5S?

• A way to improve the workplace organization

• Can be done as a stand-alone effort

• Builds in the controls to keep the space neat & efficient

Why Use 5S?

• Clean it and create a system to sustain orderliness!

• How much time is Wasted finding things?

Steps of 5S

1. Sort (Seiri)

2. Set In Order (Seiton)

3. Shine (Seiso)

4. Standardize (Seiketsu)

5. Sustain (Shitsuke)

• Determine what space you will be investigating

• Involve people in the area (they own it)

• Take pictures of the current state

• Post the current state pictures to capture the baseline condition

See the “Current State”

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