5S for Operators A Leader's

Productivity Press Development Team

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2021
• ISBN:
  9781351470230
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Operations
• Index: Business

Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain. Together, these five simple principles form the basis of the 5S System - a powerful front-line tool for simplifying work processes, improving equipment maintenance, ensuring safety and product quality and eliminating waste. 5S is the basis for any on-the-floor improvement activity and the 5S for Operators Learning Package is a fantastic way to bring that knowledge to the shop floor. Thorough, flexible and almost infinitely customizable, the 5S for Operators Learning Package allows your instructor to conduct learning sessions tailored specifically to your organization. That customizability combined with modules specifically designed to encourage workers to become actively involved in the learning process makes for a high-impact learning experience your workforce won't soon forget. Based on the classic manufacturing text 5 Pillars of the Visual Workplace, the 5S for Operators Learning Package brings that knowledge to the shop floor and will prove to be an excellent support in your companies' continuous improvement efforts.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Before You Begin

This part of the Leader’s Guide is designed to help you prepare to lead and then support a learning group within your organization. It includes general information on all of the following topics and step-by-step worksheets for most of them:

• • Parts of a Typical Module
• • Planning and Scheduling the Learning Group Sequence: Four Options
• • How to Set Up a Learning Group
• • Getting the Most Out of the Materials in this Package
• • Preparing for Each Module
• • Facilitating Each Module
• • Following Up after Each Module
• • When the Learning Group Is Over

Parts of a Typical Module

Overview	This section presents the parts of a typical learning group module and describes the learning function each part serves. • Getting Started • Review of Concepts and Tools • End-of-Chapter “Reflections” • “Take Five” Reflections • Application Exercise • Wrap Up • Exceptions
Getting Started	In this segment the leader welcomes the participants, does a short warmup exercise, and reviews the agenda for the module. This segment gets learners connected to each other and to the learning process that is about to take place.
Review of Concepts and Tools	The leader or a designated participant presents a review of the concepts and tools in the assigned reading, using either the overheads that come with this learning package or their own presentation materials. Participants should already have been exposed to this new information by reading it on their own—but in case they haven’t, this segment presents the information simply and quickly. If they have done the reading, this review helps firm up their understanding.
End-of-Chapter “Reflections”	In this segment the group discusses the end-of-chapter reflection questions. This prompts them to reflect on what they have just read or heard in the review.
“Take Five” Reflections	Here the group discusses the “Take Five” reflection questions that are included throughout each chapter. This discussion prompts each participant to consider how the concepts and tools presented in the text can be applied to their own situation.
Application Exercise	In this segment, learning group participants practice applying some of the concepts and tools they have learned, and then reflect on this application exercise.
	NOTE: Application exercises are part of the agenda in scheduling options 1 and 2, but not in option 3.
Wrap Up	In the wrap up participants receive their take-home work assignment for the next module and reflect on this learning session.
Exception: Module One	The agenda for Learning Module One is different from the typical agenda in the following ways and for the following reasons: • There is no reading assignment for Module One. It is an introductory module designed to explain what the learning group process will be, how learners will participate and what they will be responsible for, and to gain buy-in to this process. Because of this, the module does not include end of chapter or “take five” reflections, or an application exercise. • Instead, this module includes several discussions and exercises specific to Module One. One of these is the “What’s on your mind?” discussion in which participants air their concerns so they can resolve issues and deal with any bad feelings. • The module also has an in-depth “Getting Started” segment designed to introduce the whole learning group sequence, as well as this specific module. This segment includes welcomes by the learning group leader and the company management and introductions by participants.
Exception: Module Eight	Like Module One, Module Eight is different from the typical agenda because it wraps up the entire learning group sequence. It includes the following: • A review of concepts and tools from Modules One through Eight. • Reflections on what participants have learned throughout the learning group sequence. • A discussion of how participants can apply what they’ve learned and learn more about this topic. • A reflection on the entire learning group sequence and an ending celebration.

Planning and Scheduling the Learni...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Acknowledgments
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Before You Begin
• Module One
• Module Two
• Module Three
• Module Four
• Module Five
• Module Six
• Module Seven
• Module Eight
• Appendix
• Bibliography for Further Study