6S Success!

Creating a 6S Audit Score Display

A 6S Audit Score Display shows whether a target area has met its 6S goal, tracks the conditions of the area over time, and provides milestone information such as the highest gains or potentials in each target area.  The 6S Audit Score Display can be an effective way in sustaining the 6S improvements implemented in a target area.  It can also create a spirit of healthy competition amongst target areas.  In fact, many households tie some form of reward and recognition to the results displayed on the 6S Audit Score Display.

Any 6S team, whether it be working on a work target area or an area of the home, can create 6S goals, track the goals with a visual display, and reward team members based on the results over time.  For example, look at the 6S Audit Score Display example below.  As you can see by the results, the kitchen team has not met their target for two months, whereas the bathroom team not only met their target last month but also had the best gain ever in the current month.

As you can see, it’s easy to get an idea of each target areas status.  This may also assist you with some corrective actions.  For example, something is obviously going on with the kitchen that should be addressed.  Perhaps more people are needed in the general organization and cleaning activities.  Perhaps the many people that use the kitchen do not have enough preventative practices for organization and cleaning when they are using the kitchen.  Come together as a group to discuss the results shown on the 6S Audit Display.  Remember that blame is a deadly waste, so just work together to come up with a realistic plan to address the issues.

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