5S teams must move beyond Basic 5S and embrace Advanced 5S practices in order to obtain Management support and commitment. The teams must learn to speak the language of business. Only when all of this occurs will you start to see the results you desire from your 5S program.
The starting point is to build a business case for change. The business case must address performance needs and put them in a strategic context. It must speak in terms of quantifiable goals and objectives and address the organization's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats when analyzing each and every potential change.
The 5S team must learn how to use business tools for presenting their case to management. Management commitment will only come when senior managers enroll in the process and exert a high level of managerial energy to the program. Managers want to know that the 5S team has thoroughly and accurately analyzed the issue and its attendant risks to ensure that their "rear ends are covered".
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