5s and Visual Management are core lean principles and practices, and they provide stability to house of Lean. They are important tools in improving overall productivity.
5s and Visual Management implementation should be strategized, architected, and implemented in concurrence with other lean tools to remove inefficiencies and non-value-activities in system.
This course focuses on bringing awareness towards knowledge required to implement a 5s and Visual Management plan successfully for improving shop floor performance.
"Organize your workplace to improve productivity and employee engagement; reduce waste, costs, workplace conflicts and incidences. "
Learning Objectives
- Appreciation of 5s and Visual Management techniques for waste and loss management, improving productivity and cost, organizing shop floor for discipline and standard work
- Understanding 5s and Visual Management design elements and criteria
- Sustenance practices for 5s
- Bringing in a cultural change on shop floor
Learning Areas
- Lean Management concepts
- Understanding 5s and visual management
- Setting up steering committees and various councils
- Promotion, Training and Audits
- Initial Assessments for bench marking and goal setting, identifying improvement projects
- Designing zones, storage spaces and mechanisms
- Visual Management Planning
- Red tagging and resolution mechanisms
- Rewards and Recognition schemes
- Implementation sequence and approach
- Removal of 7 wastes and 6 big losses
- Training the team
- Kaizen, Gemba Walks, data collection for 5s and Visual Management
- Audit Reporting, Reviews, Measuring RoI
Approach
- Pre-course assessments and Goal Setting
- Instructor-led and project-based learning
- Formal learning using integrated workshops on techniques, methods, practices
- Projects, assignments, exercises, and case studies
- Discussions, knowledge, and experience sharing
- Demonstrations and practical sessions on actual application of knowledge and practices
- Assessments based on demonstrations, group discussions, interviews, projects
Involves
- Case Studies
- Assignments
- Practical Projects
- Concepts and Insights on maintenance methodologies
Target Audience
- Production Executives
- Lean Professionals
- Plant Managers