THE 5 STEPS OF GOOD MAINTENANCE
The columns of the TQM House are: productive maintenance; preventive maintenance, 5S, auto maintenance and continue improvement, as we can observe each column has his importance, the conclusion it is that the 5S column must to be identify and respect in the company (Figure 20). The 5S techniques are fundamental techniques which allow the increase of efficiency and productivity while ensuring a pleasant organizational climate. 5S also is not a list of action items, but is an integrated concept of actions, condition and culture.
Figure 20: TPM
Figure 20 The Base columns of TPM ( Total Productive Maintenance )
To get the greatest success, the nature and implication of each "S" need to be understood by each employee and should be regularly practiced. It has been generally notice that, at the moment the organization decides to implemented the Kaizen concepts, the personnel shows resistance to change and the most frequent motivation will be the following:
• What is so special about sorting and arranging
• Why should we clean since it gets dirty again
• Sorting and arranging will not increase the results