Perfect "5S" (Seiri - Sort, Seiton - Set in Order, Seiso - Shine, Seiketsu - Standardize, and Shitsuke - Sustain) are the fundamentals of production activities.
The Kyocera Group’s efforts to implement the perfect 5S system are called "Perfect 5S Promotion Activities." Kyocera started this in October 2005, group companies in Japan implemented it in April 2006 and, group companies outside Japan implemented it in 2007. |
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All employees participate in Perfect 5S Promotion Activities. Its objectives are to establish facilities worthy of housing "The Company," reform the consciousness and raise the awareness of each employee, improve product quality, increase production efficiency, improve capacity utilization ratio of each production facility, and establish a safe and comfortable workplace.
At each workplace, voluntary checks are performed against 5S standards and continuous improvement is performed when corrections are needed according to the PDCA cycle. An internally trained and certified "perfect 5S inspector" conducts
"5S inspections," assesses the situation and gives suggestions for improvement.
Kyocera gathers these inspection and assessment results and compiles company-wide rankings. Divisions found to be in excellent compliance with 5S throughout the year are commended by the president. |
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Commended by the President |
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Thorough 5S education is provided, since no significant results from 5S can be expected unless all employees act with great awareness.
5S inspectors, who assess and supervise the 5S management situation in various work areas, are subjected to in-house training and a qualification test. |
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Education of Perfect 5S Inspectors |
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