Authors : Jiri Ansorge and Hana Mohelska
Abstract: The aim of this study is to minutely describe a game designed for training car industry employees. The game’s subject of focus is the area of Lean methods, specifically the 5S method, visualization and standardization. While playing, employees encounter problems with quality, mistaking materials or not utilizing supplies during the process. Players are repeatedly informed that these problems are an illustration of what they face daily during the working process. The game helps them to see 5S as a regular way of thinking, not as the management’s tool to lower wages or force employees to do the clean-up as is commonly and mistakenly believed. At the end of the game, the employees are presented with the increase in performances in individual rounds. This is achieved by a diagram and a chart representing the financial side of the production process, especially with regards to costs. Finally, the studie’s conclusion summarizes the results of past trainings which were attended by more than 500 employees from all levels of the company.
Jiri Ansorge and Hana Mohelska, 2018. Game for a LEAN Methods Training (5S, Visual Management and Standardization of Work). Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 13: 6992-6995.