Workplace Organization

5S organizational methods are effective only for a manufacturing workplace environment. Is this statement TRUE or FALSE?

• True

• False

Cleaning is waste that temporarily takes away from production, but the net result of efficient 5S is less total waste. Is this statement TRUE or FALSE?

• True

• False

In a __________ company, employees are forced to repetitively fix the same mess. In a __________ company, employees can provide input on permanent solutions and participate in their implementation.

• Lean, traditional

• progressive, Lean

• Lean, progressiv

• traditional, Lean

In an ideal Lean work area, the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the area are ...

• easy to understand.

• obvious at a glance.

• pieces of necessary work information.

• all the above are true.

In most full Lean implementations, at what point should 5S tools be put in place?

• At the very start

• After a few other methods are in place

• As one of the last Lean methods to be practiced

Of the 5 parts of 5S, __________ is (are) an implementation event(s), and __________ is (are) an ongoing management technique(s).

• the first two, the last three

• the first three, the last two

• the first four, the last one

Pick the proper order of the S's in the 5S system.

• Straighten, Sort, Standardize, Shine, Sustain

• Shine, Sort, Straighten, Sustain, Standardize

• Standardize, Shine, Straighten, Sort, Sustain

• Sort, Straighten, Shine, Standardize, Sustain

The best way to describe 5S is ...

• tidying up the work area each day.

• a system used to organize and clean the work area through Lean principles.

• spring cleaning each year to ensure a functional work environment.

• cleaning the work area each time something gets dirty.

The most effective organizational method is to put work instruction on a single, standardized sheet in a binder in the training room. Is this statement TRUE or FALSE?

• True

• False

This "S" represents the method used to manage the first three parts of 5S.

• Sort

• Straighten

• Shine

• Standardize