planning knowledge quiz

select one of the answers below that is a 5s actuvity

• sort

• sharpen

• slim

• save

Answer explanation

What do the 5S stands for?

By implementing a lean 5S system - sort, set in order, shine, standardize, sustain - organizations can create a clean, well ordered, and disciplined work environment. Many companies implement only the first three steps, hoping the last two will automatically follow.

Where did the 5S METHODOLOGY originated?

• japan

• china

• taiwan

• thailand

Answer explanation

5S is a workplace organization method that uses a list of five Japanese words: seiri (整理), seiton (整頓), seisō (清掃), seiketsu (清潔), and shitsuke (躾). These have been translated as "sort", "set in order", "shine", "standardize", and "sustain".^[1] The list describes how to organize a work space for efficiency and effectiveness by identifying and storing the items used, maintaining the area and items, and sustaining the new organizational system. The decision-making process usually comes from a dialogue about standardization, which builds understanding among employees of how they should do the work.

In some quarters, 5S has become 6S, the sixth element being safety (safe).^[2]

Other than a specific stand-alone methodology, 5S is frequently viewed as an element of a broader construct known as visual control,^[3] visual workplace,^[4] or visual factory.^[5][6] Under those (and similar) terminologies, Western companies were applying underlying concepts of 5S before publication, in English, of the formal 5S methodology. For example, a workplace-organization photo from Tennant Company (a Minneapolis-based manufacturer) quite similar to the one accompanying this article appeared in a manufacturing-management book in 1986.^[7]

what is now considered to be the 6th s

Answer explanation

5S has become 6S, the sixth element being safety (safe).^[2]

Q. 

What is the first step when doing risk assessment?

• Hazard Identification

• Decide who might be harmed and how

• Identifying suitable risk control

• Record significant findings

Answer explanation

You can do it yourself or appoint a competent person to help you.

Identify hazards.

Assess the risks.

Control the risks.

Record your findings.

Review the controls.

Q. Which of the following best describes quality?

• A high level of productivity.

• Products being made to a high standard to meet customer needs.

• The service provided to a customer before, during and after purchasing.