Seiri : Sorting
To remove the useless
Seiton : Set in Order
Everything in its right place
Seiso : Shining
To avoid fouling sources
Seiketsu : Standardizing
To apply arrangement and cleanliness
Shitsuke : Sustaining
To adhere and comply with established rules. |
Total
to consider all aspects of maintenance, to associate everyone with it
Productive
to ensure maintenance, while producing and also by penalizing the production as less as possible
Maintenance
to maintain in good state: to repair, clean, lubricate. |
Kaizen, Japanese word, which means: improvement without large means, with good sense and the implication of all, from the director to the operators.
The step rests on small constant improvements, day after day.
It is a gradual and soft approach, in opposition to the Western concept « One throws away all, one starts again with new ». |
Principle :
to manage perfectly the processes and resources.
Any activity is composed of process and tasks. The analyses of these tasks are very useful: some create value and others are useless. |
Methodology with objective :
suppression of the causes of the defects noted in a process in order to improve customer statisfaction.
> the certainty for the customer of a delivery without defect.
> an indicator, SIGMA, which measures the standard deviation of the normal curve.
> comparison with the best of the market, Benchmarking « to make as well as ».
> a method, DMAIC, centered on the customer, with constant improvement and implication. |
A concept based, not only on data, but on a detailed analysis of the operational processes,
> mission :
to ensure the optimization approach of the company’s organization
> means :
to determine a continuous improvement policy |
