Unbelievable.

Great gift idea huh?

 

To meet S5 manufacturing standards you have to have them.

Granted most factories just make thier own on a printer with labels, or use masking tape and a permenant marker.

 

Right up there with the "Outline" of the tool that hangs on the peg board. That worked in Shop class, not in your own garage/workplace.

 

I could use those so my wife would know where to put stuff back!
I'll never forget the day I came home from work and she said the most horrible thing ever...."Honey, I organized your tools for you"

 

What's S5? It a portion of ISO 9000?

 

No it's seperate from ISO, ussually used in conjuction with ISO. It is focused more on lean manufacuting, time saving, orginization, etc.

BTW I had it backwards it's 5S

http://www.mfgeng.com/5S.htm

Edited to add: We implemented it about a year ago and are impressed with it so far.

 

ISO? Did you say ISO?! I hate when they come to work. That and reading the material to make sure I know everything, in case they ask me something.

 

ISO manages to triple your paperwork and red tape. We implemented it at a machine shop I worked for. Yea would could trace the material back to the big bang but dang we had paperwork out our ears.

 

We follow ISO9660 Level 2. It works out well.

 

Yea it is alot of paper work but I like it alot just for the accountability factor.

I worked at one manufacturer years ago that was ISO compliant. (AKA they couldn't pass.) I was one of 12 resistance welders there. During a plant tour one of the customers picked up a part and it came apart in thier hand. Thier were 12 welders putting together 1500 pieces per shift. No paper work on any of them what so ever. Only paper work we had to do was write down how many pieces of which parts we did during the shift. Couldnt tell what day it was done, what shift much less which welder or which machine he was on. One of us had to get in trouble though. A guy got laid off for 3 days over it becasue "he was the most likely culprit" (AKA Boss didn't like him). 1 week later a different machine came up with a problem, it looked like it was welding but wasn't getting full penetration about every 5th weld. So the actual piece was most likely from that machine, so was likely either the day or night shift welder on that machine and couldn't have been avoided. Both operators on that machine were the two with the most seniority.
I left shortly after that, I wasn't taking any chances, it felt like a game of russian roulet everyday that I went to work after that.

 

I hear so many people talk about the ISO 9k series in a negative light while putting together ISO 14001 EMS systems for facilities that it's not even funny... They're typically more responsive to me setting up the system because it's basically putting to paper (with controlled documentation and continual improvement BS) what is already occuring in the facility.

Started a recycling program lately? If ISO 14K shows up, you will... one for EVERYTHING... but they'll all be staggered out over the years to show 'continual improvement' for a goofy auditor. LMAO!

You guys can thank the Big 3 in Detroit as well as Toyota for ISO 14001 catching on in the USA.

RP