5S, as we all know, is an excellent way to create an organized workplace that helps in improving quality, safety and efficiency at workplace.
For various internal communications, we all use notices put up on notice boards installed at our workplaces. However, we often observe that once put-up these notices are not very well maintained most of the time. You will see that notices remain on the board even after their purpose is over. Sometimes they are not properly aligned with the edges of the board and sometimes they gather dust and are torn with time. This makes the workplace look unpleasant and untidy.
Sometime back, I came across very good guidelines on maintaining notice boards in a book on 5S by a Japanese author, Takashi Osada. He has suggested the following guidelines:
1. designate specific places for notice boards
2. Assign responsibility for the management of a notice board to an individual.
3. indicate the validity of each notice and remove it after the expiry.
4. Align posters, notices at the top. Preferably have them of standardized sizes.
Enjoy the new look of notices!!
Avinit
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