TOPIC 2 - Highly Commended - 202462
5S is not new but it is new to Somercotes who did not have a 5S plan or record. This application highlights the work completed and more importantly, the success gained.
The Company has a strategy that directs each location to embrace 5S principles and deliver 5S plans. This expectation created a desire and action to deliver change.
Somercotes has sporadic pockets of high-quality housekeeping and equally a significant number of areas that are weak.
5S is not just housekeeping, it is so much more.
The site required further organisation, clarity of plan, a simplified process, and improved staff involvement. The principles of 5S have and will further deliver this.
Please see additional pdf for details of the design process