“5S and Visual Management” course for business efficiency

The 5S represents a methodology for organizing a workstation, which is based on the correct and orderly display of equipment. A careful approach to visual management allows the workplace to communicate through visual elements that give anyone immediate directions for use.

In this sense, Visual Management and 5S enable increased productivity and quality, improved cost, delivery time, safety, and staff motivation as all people are called upon to take care of their station.

The course provides participants with knowledge and tools to apply and manage the 5S method in the company, with the ultimate goal of inducing people to maintain and improve workplace conditions in terms of tidiness and cleanliness, with great benefits for the effectiveness and efficiency of processes.

Skills you will acquire to implement the 5S method

By the end of the course, participants will have learned:

• the logic of the 5S approach
• How to implement 5S on a real workstation
• How to improve working conditions and increase productivity

Contents and practical tools of the 5S and Visual Management course

• The 5S principles (Clear, Settle, Shine, Standardize, Sustain)
• "5S visible" tools for standardization
• Audit tool to support change

Extensive practical session according to the approach Learning by doing to accompany the theoretical part.

Because of its practical application and the necessary interaction between participants, this course can also be used for team building purposes.

Who the 5S course is for and the duration in Lean Factory School®.

The course is intended for Managers and functional managers; Middle managers and middle managers; Team Leaders (administration, finance, management control, sales, marketing, procurement, quality, customer service, after sales, HR); Continuous improvement managers. It will take place at the Lean Factory School®, 8 hours in-person. The course includes a strong experiential component according to the logic of Learning by doing: through practice on real workstations it is thus possible to consolidate learning and application of what has been learned.

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