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03/06/2012 01:19 PM
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Hello,
I am a graduate student. I am hoping to implement 5S in a emergency department supply room for my thesis. The problem is nobody in the hospital knows anything about lean and 5S. I would have to co-ordinate the whole event. This would also be my first 5S event ever.
What should I do? How do I "sell" 5S to the staff? What would be the first step?
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03/07/2012 10:51 PM
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I suggest start by observing the work and the work place. Spaghetti diagrams may help. take some measurements and then understand why you want to do a 5S. The reason should be something other than a graduate project. Once this is clear it will partially sell itself or at least get the discussions going in the right direction.
Identify a need that a 5S will answer and then show the added benefits
Respectfully,
Marlon
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03/20/2012 04:13 PM
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In order to "sell" 5S to the Staff you need to show the Supervisor or person in charge of the area how 5S will help remove waste from their daily grind and therefore make their day more enjoyable and rewarding.
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07/03/2012 09:40 AM
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Definitely what David said is the best thing to do. Assure first the Top-Down buy-in, then you work on bottom-up buy-in process. With the top-leaders supporting these new methodology it will be more easy to work on the implementation.
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