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5S and Visual Controls

5S and its five pillars of visual management are an important element of lean operations. Learn how to implement and optimize a 5S visual control program and how to sustain it once implemented. Numerous examples are provided and hands-on application to the organization’s existing processes will be used to reinforce the concepts learned in this class.

Introduction

  • Visual Controls and 5S
  • Sort
  • Straighten
  • Scrub
  • Standardize
  • Sustain
  • Implementing a 5S Visual Control Program

Sort

  • The Impact of Material Waste
  • Red-tagging
  • Red-tag Program
  • Workshop

Straighten

  • Optimizing and Standardizing Materials
  • Visual Controls
  • Examples and Techniques
  • Workshop

Scrub

  • The Multiple Benefits of Cleaning
  • Cleaning as Inspection
  • Cleaning Standards
  • Maintaining Cleanliness
  • Visual Cleaning Controls
  • Workshop

Standardize

  • Institutionalizing the Gains
  • Standardization Methods
  • Visual Standards
  • Workshop

Sustain

  • Maintaining the Gains
  • Tools, Techniques and Practices
  • Workshop

Maintaining 5S

  • Measuring your 5S Capability and Maturity
  • 5S Program Reviews
  • Auditing 5S
  • Workshop

Seminar Fee: $795
All meals, excluding dinner, are included.

Each participant will receive a comprehensive manual and a Certificate of Completion at the close of the seminar.


 
   


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Center for Quality

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Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Barbara Hopkins, Director


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