5S Audit Renovation:
You Can Do It/We Can Help!
by Gwendolyn Galsworth, PhD
Our series on adjusting or tweaking your 5S continues --this time with reflections on the 5S-Audit.
The Five Tweaks.
Though I cannot promise the following five tweaks will resurrect a stalled 5S or its audit, they can re-invigorate most 5S models and make them more engaging.
Tweak 1/Audit for Principles. Audit for the extent to which 5S principles are in place, not whether 5S tasks have been done. This is where you, associates, the work area, and the company will gain tremendous improvement leverage
Tweak 2/Teach the Principles. To benefit from auditing for principles, you will have to learn them yourself-so you can teach them to your value-add associates. I count some 25 principles in the core set. Do you know what they are? Better find out, quick.
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