Work Immersion PDF

Emphasis on Quality -an employee with a high sense of Produce great work, not merely teamwork helps a team meet its churn out what is needed. goals and deliver quality work. An employee’s commitment to -these employees respect their quality...

Emphasis on Quality -an employee with a high sense of Produce great work, not merely teamwork helps a team meet its churn out what is needed. goals and deliver quality work. An employee’s commitment to -these employees respect their quality improves the company’s peers and help where they can, overall quality. making collaborations go more smoothly. How to succeed in the workplace Don’t use profanity Discipline (discourtesy) -it takes a certain level of Never tell dirty, racist or sexist commitment to complete one’s tasks jokes. Ignore those that do. every day. Make good on your premises. -an employee with a good discipline: Interpersonal skills -stay focused on goals Education and training -is determined to complete Seek the good in others assignments -shows a high level of Routine that drive performance dedication to the company and individual success: -is always willing to do the Show up for work on time best work possible -follow rules and regulation. Be properly dressed and prepared What is 5S and why do want to do Go out of your way to add it? value Do more than what’s required 5S is short for: Sort, Set in Order, Be honest Shine, Standardize, and Sustain Play by the rules Give cheerful, friendly service 5S represents 5 disciplines for regardless of the situation maintaining a visual workplace (visual controls and information WORK ETHICS systems) Work ethics pertain to a person’ -These are foundational to Kaizen attitudes, feelings and beliefs about (continuous improvement) and a work. manufacturing strategy based “Lean *lone star college kingwood Manufacturing” (waste removing) -a belief in work as a moral good: a concepts. set of values centered on the -5S is one of the activities that will importance of doing work and help ensure our company’s survival. reflected especially in a desire or determination to work hard. 1. Sort – all unneeded tools, parts and supplies are Sense of Teamwork removed from the area -Most employees must work 2. Set in Order – a place for together to meet a company’s everything is in its place objectives.  3. Shine – the area is cleaned as -inadequate housekeeping the work is performed. -miscommunication or inadequate 4. Standardize – cleaning and instruction identification methods are consistently applied Improvement (Kaizen) Principles 5. Sustain – 5S is a habit and is Get rid of all old (false) continually improved assumptions Don’t look for excuses, look Also – Work areas are safe and free for ways to make it happen.. of hazardous or dangerous Don’t worry about being conditions. perfect – even if you only get it half right “start NOW”! New Word – Continued It does not cost money to do Kanban (pronounced “kon bon”) – KAIZEN pull type inventory control system. If something is wrong “Fix it Items are only produced to meet NOW.” customer need. The request to Good ideas flow when the produce more is signaled from an going gets tough. upstream operation and/or Ask “WHY” five times – get to customer orders. the root cause Look for wisdom from Ten Value Stream Map – a diagram of people rather than one all processes needed to make and Never stop doing KAIZEN. deliver the product to the customer. OTHER PROBLEM SOLVING TOOLS TOC – short for Theory of Constraints. Problem solving and constraints management methods. Use the 5 Step form of TOC to solve problems that you will encounter in your continuous improvement efforts. What is Waste (Muda)? Some of the main forms waste are: -overproduction -waiting for materials, machines, or instruction -transportation or movement -excessive inventory -inefficient machine processing and/or operation -producing defects -part or line changeover or machine setup