Steps to implement 6S management

The content of 6S is very easy to understand, but many companies often encounter a lot of resistance and pressure when implementing it, which leads to the failure of 6S implementation. Therefore, seemingly simple 6S site management should follow several main steps:

1. Establish an implementation organization

The first step to implement 6S management is to establish an implementation organization. It is impossible to do a good job in 6S management just by equipping the workshop or workshop director with a few textbooks and giving each cadre and employee a few lessons. 6S management itself is a kind of enterprise behavior, therefore, the implementation of 6S management must take enterprises as the main body. From the establishment of the organization, the general manager or factory director of the enterprise personally serves as the director of the executive Committee, and the following positions can be set up as deputy directors. In the 6S implementation committee, the implementation office is a very important functional department, which is responsible for controlling the whole 6S implementation process and formulating corresponding standards, systems, competition methods and reward and punishment conditions.

2. Formulate implementation policies and objectives.

The second step of implementing 6S management is to draw up the slogan of implementing 6S management. For example, 6S of some enterprises carry out slogans: "Say goodbye to yesterday, challenge ourselves, create a gorgeous new image", "standardize scenes and present things, improve people's quality", "change equipment, change people, change the environment, and finally realize a fundamental innovation in enterprise physique" and "all changes start with me".

As for the implementation goals, each implementation department can consider setting some phased goals for itself and achieving these goals in a down-to-earth manner, so as to achieve the overall goals of the enterprise. For example, you can ask "all departments should score 90 points or above in the third month" and "find the required documents within one minute".

3. Make the implementation plan and timetable.

The third step of implementing 6S management is to draw up the implementation plan and the corresponding timetable, and publish the plan so that everyone can know the implementation details. Let the heads and employees of relevant departments of the whole company know what work should be completed within a certain time, such as when to select the model area, when to carry out 6S implementation in the model area, and when to hold a phased exchange meeting in the model area.

4. Description and education

To do a good job in 6S management, we must first explain it in place. Explaining and educating is the fourth important step to implement 6S management. Many enterprises will invite some experts or teachers to give lectures, but after all, only a few people in the enterprise can attend lectures, and most front-line workers on the scene have no chance to attend lectures. Therefore, enterprises should explain the necessity of implementing 6S management and the corresponding contents to all employees through various effective ways. For example, enterprises can use the morning meeting time to explain, or they can conduct publicity and education through publicity columns, blackboard newspapers and other forms.

5. Pre-publicity activities

The fifth step of implementing 6S management is the early publicity. 6S management is actually to create a culture of pursuing excellence and a good working atmosphere. Therefore, proper publicity and campaign activities are essential. In the process of implementing 6S management in many successful enterprises, the most common form of publicity activities is to ask workshop directors or department managers in several sample areas to take an oath at the company-wide meeting.

6. Import and implementation

The sixth step of implementing 6S management is introduction and implementation. Preparation before operation (clear responsibility area, equipment and method preparation), implementation of model area, fixed-point photography, thorough company "bathing" campaign, division and marking of areas, red card campaign, visual management, and clear implementation time of 6S management are all tasks that need to be completed in the implementation process.

The contents of import and implementation include very detailed regulations. Take zoning marking as an example: the width of the main channel, the width of marking, the use occasions of red, yellow, green and yellow colors, and the use methods of solid lines and dotted lines all need to be negotiated between the executive office and the workshops, and finally the executive office will formulate unified rules.

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In the process of implementing 6S management in enterprises, the regulations on regional division and marking are as follows: the width of main channel line is 8 ~ 15 cm, and the marking line is 4 ~10 cm; Red indicates nonconforming product area or abnormal situation, yellow indicates general area, and green indicates nonconforming product area and normal situation; The solid line indicates the fixture placement area, and the dotted line indicates the animal placement area.

By setting up such a model area, all departments and employees of the whole enterprise can come to visit and study. In this way, each department can not only imitate the model area, but also improve its management level to the level of the model area through innovation.

7. Determination of evaluation method

In the process of determining the evaluation method, it should be noted that there must be a set of suitable evaluation standards, which should be used in different systems according to local conditions: 6S evaluation of all production sites in an enterprise should be graded according to the same site standard, while office areas should be graded according to another set of standards.

For some workshops with serious pollution and difficult implementation, it is unreasonable to rely on only one set of standards. At this time, we can consider using the weighted coefficient: set the difficulty coefficient, the number of people coefficient, the area coefficient and the literacy coefficient according to the differences in different regions, and then get the weighted coefficient of each department after the weighted average of these four coefficients. The weighted coefficient of each department multiplied by the assessment score is equal to the final score of that part.

8. Assessment and evaluation

In order to make the evaluation feasible and reliable, it is very important to formulate scientific evaluation and scoring standards. The assessment standards formulated by some enterprises are difficult to quantify (such as "the trash can cannot be too full", etc.). ), which makes the standard lose operability and the implementation of 6S management is in trouble. Therefore, it is very necessary for enterprises to formulate a set of feasible and scientific 6S management evaluation standards.

9. Publish grading results and rewards and punishments.

The ninth step of 6S management is to publish the grading results and make corresponding rewards and punishments. Conduct 6S assessment twice a month, and announce the results of the early implementation of 6S management in the next month, give appropriate rewards to departments and individuals with excellent performance, and give certain punishments to departments and individuals with poor performance, so that they will have the pressure to improve.

10. Review and modify, summarize and improve.

The tenth step of 6S management is to review and modify, and then summarize and improve. Problems will always exist, and every assessment will encounter problems. Therefore, 6S management is an endless process of continuous improvement. With the improvement of 6S management level, the assessment standards can be appropriately modified and adjusted, and gradually tightened. In addition, we can also add some quality control (QC) and industrial engineering (IE) engineering improvements to make the 6S management level of enterprises by going up one flight of stairs.

1 1. Incorporate into routine management activities.

After the implementation of 6S management for several months or even a year, the first ten steps of 6S management are gradually implemented and 6S management is gradually normalized. At this time, it is necessary to consider incorporating 6S into routine management activities. For example, some 6S management promotion months (including red card combat month and visual management month) can be introduced: red card combat every three months and visual management month every three months or half a year. Through these good methods, the 6S management of enterprises can be consolidated and improved.

6S management activity is a step-by-step work, and it is impossible to get quick success and instant benefit. Many enterprises will repeat it many times in the implementation process. At this time, maintenance is particularly important. The responsibility of the project will be heavier. The project team must grasp the progress of each department, adjust their thinking in time, and continue the project according to the situation, and the project will be successful in the end.

Many companies have also encountered some other problems in the process of promotion. In a word, on-site 6S management is the basis of factory management, which can not only reduce the waste in all aspects of production, but also temper the execution of the company team. 6S management is also a diagnostic method for enterprises, from which various problems can be found. The top management should face the problems correctly and solve them one by one, so as to improve the management level of the company and the quality of all employees!