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5S Training – Part 8

OK, we have made it to part 8. What has transpired since the last briefing? Another session was completed of 3 groups who went through 1 1/2 hours of classroom training, went out to complete a project and came back … Continue reading

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5S Training – Part Seven

Since the last posting, more training has been held with cross functional representatives.  As part of the training, smaller groups of 3 or 4 go out to an area and pretend that they are going to implement 5S. They come … Continue reading

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5S Training – Part Six

In order to keep up with the progress that is being made on the 5S program, I’m adding the correspondence from the executive team meeting and my response to that – laying the groundwork for the two most important elements … Continue reading

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5S Training and Power Struggles – Part Five

This is where we ended from the last posting: “there is supposed to be some planning going on behind the scenes to see if we can gather together some enthusiasm in upper management.” Trying to get some interest from upper … Continue reading

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5S Training and Power Struggles – Part Four

So far, we are moving forward but at a snails pace.  At the end of the first group of training sessions, there was an edge of excitement but there were some questions regarding the implementation. After a few weeks of … Continue reading

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5S Training – Part 3 – Nemawashi (Preparing the Ground)

The second part of the initial training took place. In short, the slides were went  through defining the five S’s and then at the end broke the group up into 4 groups assigning a supervisor as the leader of each … Continue reading

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5S Power Struggles – Part 2

The first phrase that keeps going around and around in my head is the line from the Rolling Stones song “you can’t always get what you want”. The first class for training on 5S what a catastrophe and I’m going … Continue reading

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5S Power Struggles – Part One

Since we’re having to go back to basics, the first thing that Operations management has decided to go forward with is 5S.  It is the first thing that can be done easily and without some kind of visual factory, it’s … Continue reading

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