5S for Operators: 5 Pillars of the Visual Workplace (For Your Organization!),   ISBN:9781563271236

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5S for the operators is a book that you can give to your Operations team where they can read and implement fast. It is written in a plain language where anyone can understand. Overall, I would recommend this book.

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Just finished reading this book. The author states this book is written for the shop floor employees. I think that some of your shop floor employees would benefit from the book, but most would put it down after the first few pages. Technically, it's not difficult to read - the employees that are dedicated to their job would find it useful. Those less dedicated would need this broken down further - more ideas on ways to implement 5S - before they would buy in to the program.

I think that employees tasked with implementation of 5S would find the information in this book to be useful - especially if their work setting is a product company that produces a finite number of different products. Job shops would find the information here a little thin. That will be my next search - to find a 5S book that specializes in 5S for job shop environments, where no standard product exists.

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I think this book serves as a great aide for a team looking to implement a 5S program. It is easy to read, follow and comprehend the concepts across all levels of the organization. I especially appreciated the information on coping with resistance to the program. It was good training for my management team and was a good introduction for candid discussions with the employees. Many of the employees felt that the management team "felt their pain" by predicting and understanding that there would be resistance and the mid-managers didn't feel "blindsided" by difficult or unexpected questions. Overall it helped the company to build a win-win approach to implementing our 5S program.

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Very easy reading within a few hours. It covers all the 5S in a simple practical way with excellent examples. Shows a lot of pictures that help visualizing work area before and after 5S. I recommend strongly this book. Eleven plants in the comapny i work for are using it now.

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This book is written at the perfect level for floor implmentation. It is a no bones, to the point, with wonderful examples. Very easy reading within a few hours. I will be taking it to my Plant Manager to help convince him of the advantages of 5S.