The best stage to develop kaizen mindselt is childhood. Children grasp the ideas quickly and make it as an habit. 5S helps children to develop the culture of discipline right from the begining.
One of my friend forwarded me this story
Class 10th student of St. Ursula High school, Pune, Maharashtra has done very good kaizen, a very simple solution to her problem…
This problem has been faced by most of us. Every time pins in the stapler get finished, we are caught unaware. Ankita was sitting and stapling some papers one day when suddenly the staple pins finished. Her father asked her why she didn't know that they were about to finish? He asked her to think of a way to ensure that the next time she knows beforehand that the staples were coming to an end. This got Ankita thinking. She came up with the idea to paint the last three staple pins with nail polish. But the paint was too thick.
Then she substituted that by using a permanent marker and that worked well. This worked well and it helped in indicating that the pins were coming to an end.
It saved on time, is easily adaptable and easy to use at no extra cost.
Moral : KAIZENs are not costly improvements , most of the time they are rather cost effective improvements !!
Note : 5S is a concept developed by japanaese helps for better house keeping and identification of abnormalities immediately. In modern lean companies 5S is used as a foundation for world class manufacturing. 5S stands for SEIRI - Sortout un wanted items, SEITON: Systematic arrangement (PEEP - Place for everything and everything in its place) SEISO : Shining or cleaning SEIKETSU : Standardization and SHITSUKE : Self Discipline.
website: www.ssbts.in
One of my friend forwarded me this story
Class 10th student of St. Ursula High school, Pune, Maharashtra has done very good kaizen, a very simple solution to her problem…
This problem has been faced by most of us. Every time pins in the stapler get finished, we are caught unaware. Ankita was sitting and stapling some papers one day when suddenly the staple pins finished. Her father asked her why she didn't know that they were about to finish? He asked her to think of a way to ensure that the next time she knows beforehand that the staples were coming to an end. This got Ankita thinking. She came up with the idea to paint the last three staple pins with nail polish. But the paint was too thick.
Then she substituted that by using a permanent marker and that worked well. This worked well and it helped in indicating that the pins were coming to an end.
It saved on time, is easily adaptable and easy to use at no extra cost.
Moral : KAIZENs are not costly improvements , most of the time they are rather cost effective improvements !!
Note : 5S is a concept developed by japanaese helps for better house keeping and identification of abnormalities immediately. In modern lean companies 5S is used as a foundation for world class manufacturing. 5S stands for SEIRI - Sortout un wanted items, SEITON: Systematic arrangement (PEEP - Place for everything and everything in its place) SEISO : Shining or cleaning SEIKETSU : Standardization and SHITSUKE : Self Discipline.
website: www.ssbts.in
Brilliant Idea. And very much in the spirit of Kaizen too!
ReplyDeleteAwsome one, but the one thing I want to insist is to get the knowledge of lean and 5s mehtodology that has now grown up much .. according to me this will covered as an essential parts for every business in order to transform your organization , very well post keep sharing dear !
ReplyDelete