5S-ToolKit
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A Simple and Immediately Operational ToolKit to Succeed in 5S Your Pilot Site
Preliminary remark :
5S-ToolKit is designed mainly for forming small workshop or office teams (5 to 9 persons).
It is also possible to use it to train just one person in a workshop or in an office.
5S-ToolKit is a training-action product.
The objective is to follow the competences obtained through the progress actions, that provide the expected results.
AL-Consulting is a training organism, approved under the number 23-27-01156-27 (France).
All the documents are saved as PDF and Powerpoint files and sent directly to your e-mail address after receiving your order.
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These documents are the same (and the most recent version) as the ones that the AL-Consulting consultants use during their missions to implement the 5S to our Clients. |
The 5S-ToolKit contains the 5 main elements:
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The Participant file
- The 5S Project Responsible file
These elements are detailed in the following pages...
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The Participant file
The 40 slides of presentation (see extract) to give each person a deep knowledge of the 5S :
- What are the 5S ?
- What are the objectives of the 5S ?
- How to implement the 5S ?
These documents will be presented through a projector (slides) or video-projections to the members of the Board of Directors and of the 5S Group.
The page layout in the A6 format will allow to make the participants manual like a pocket book, for easy consultation. Click here to order the 5S-ToolKit
The 5S Project Responsible file
- The ensemble of files from the Participant file.
- The following additional files :
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- The scheme of the full behavior process (Plan Do Check Act) of the 5S project:
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- the scope is to offer a global vision of the project and a good perception of the importance of each stage of the PDCA for the success of the pilot site.
- The 11 stages to follow for the 5S Project Responsible:
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- it is a guide that details step by step the action of the 5S Project Responsible.
- this document is by itself a standard that will possibly be improved for the generalization stage of the 5S.
- The leader's guide :
- it gives the chronological course of each of the elementary sequences of the training-action, the purpose of each sequence, the necessary documents.
- this guide is the insurance of the quality of the training, it guarantees the rhythm and the transmission of all the necessary messages for the complete comprehension of the 5S.
- The model of Communication board (see an extract) :
- the 6 boards in this table are to be displayed in the pilot area of the site.
- it is an essential communication tool. It is accessible to all, to use in the Group and to follow the results of the site.
- The ensemble of operational forms :
- the quotation sheets for the workshop and the office, the validation of stages, the audit of the action, field applications.
- these documents are the necessary operational tools for the efficient implementation of the 5S.
- they are distributed to the group members at the moment of the field applications and to follow the good course of the action.
- The educational game of the 5S :
- during the training, this game illustrates the importance of each S and the order in which they must be applied.
- of brief duration (20 min) it creates a favorable ambiance and reinforces the collective motivation.
- The red label model :
- for the application of the 1st S (Elimination phase), this label includes two parts and some labels, that facilitate the decision making and the follow-up of the actions concerning the objects observed during the field applications.
- Le modèle de chevalet participant :
- contains behavior rules to be validated with the Group.
- is an important help for the trainer for receiving and regulating exchanges.
- The ensemble of files from the Participant file
- The ensemble of files from the 5S Project Responsible
- The following additional files :
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- The behavior methodology of the project and the Leader role, detailed in 10 elementary stages (see an extract)
- The supplementary file on the elements and terms of generalization of the 5s action.
- A synthesis file on the other tools of the Lean Manufacturing (SMED, TPM, Hoshin, Suggestions System, Kanban, Autonomous Teams) and the terms for their application.
- Each month you will receive by e-mail a resume of the advice and examples of best practices for applying the 5S and the other tools of the Lean Manufacturing.
- You will also be able, if you wish to become part of our editors.
- A difficulty, a question, an explanation of a successful practice, this forum in French will be for you a source of information available 24h/24 in order to help you implement the 5S.
- You will also have access to Questions/Answers.
- The ensemble of these documents, printed in an A4 format, connected into a workbook constitute the manual of the 5S Project Responsible
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The Leader file
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- 4. Free subscription to the
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- 5. Access to a forum that shares the knowledge and experiences of AL -Consulting Clients.
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- The free subscription to the Lean-Xpress newsletter
- Access to the forum for sharing knowledge and experiences of the AL-Consulting Clients.