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Give everyone 4 minutes to complete this exercise. Have them find 1 through 50 in sequence, circling each number individually in order. They can not circle the entire page of circle numbers that are part of other numbers (example: circling the 1 in 15). They will average getting to maybe 12. The biggest issue is the fact that roughly 40% of the numbers on the sheet have nothing to do with your job of circling 1 through 50. This relates to the 5S Sort step. Get rid of everything that is not needed to be successful in your role.

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Give the Team 3 minutes to circle 1 through 50 in sequence. Same rules. You will see the same results as the first sheet, people will get to maybe 15. This slide is related to the 2nd 5S activity of Set. You have already Sorted but there is no order or logic to the flow, causing the same problems.

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Ok, same process, but only give them 1 minute. Everyone will fail miserably. You did actually add some logic and order to the process, but you didn’t create a documented and communicated standard. Play this slide using animation and you sill see the actual sequence. The sequence stays the same for all 50. If everyone would have understood the flow at the beginning, everyone would have succeeded, but you didn’t communicate or train the team on the standard, so they all failed. Step 4 of 5S is Standardize, but if the standard is in your mind only and not documented or communicated, then it really isn’t a standard. 34 26 9 25 44 36 8 45 35 16 17 18 7 43 27

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Give them 30 seconds. Everyone will succeed. WHY? Because the numbers are in order, the same shape, the same size and it FLOWS! Talk about the Why. Then talk about how to make it better.