CLASS certifications and 6S projects continue throughout the Trust.
CLASS Certifications
Congratulations to Mark Jacob, VP Capital Programs & Engineering and Quality, on his recently certified Yellow Belt project. Mark created a process for defining and tracking capital outputs (defined measures of items constructed) in coordination with the recent upgrade of the Unifier project management system.
Paul Puckett, Director Health, Safety & Security, was recently awarded his Blue Belt for completing Quality’s Lean Leadership course.
Review of 6S
Do you have an idea for a 6S project? As a reminder, the purpose of 6S is to establish a self-sustaining method to maintain clean, organized, high-performance work stations throughout the organization. The benefits of 6S include better utilization of work spaces, reduced waste, improved morale, increased productivity, and more efficient and effective work processes. 6S is easy to understand, hard to apply and difficult to sustain, but the Quality team is available to help. The process is as follows:
- Sort: Decide what’s needed and what’s not; differentiate the necessary from the unnecessary
- Store: Arrange what’s needed; think of it as a place for everything and everything in its place
- Shine: Keep the work area clean on a continuous basis
- Standardize: Define the routine and apply it across all departments
- Sustain: Maintain long-term discipline, repeating the process until it becomes a way of life
- Safety: A clean work place is a safe work place
6S events were recently held at River Road (Water Production, Westfield) and Cherry Tree (Field Services, Westfield). Rick Lopez, Maintenance and Plant Relief Operator II, helped out with the River Road 6S. Brandon Carter, Supervisor Customer Field Services; Justin Sipe, Field Service Representative II; and Andrew Carlton, Field Service Representative II assisted with the Cherry Tree 6S.
Training and Development Opportunities
There are spots available for Lean Leadership and Yellow Belt trainings. The next Lean Leadership course with openings is from July 9 to August 27. Meetings are held weekly. The next Yellow Belt training takes place on June 13 and July 10. Attendance on both days is required, and your project should be vetted by Quality prior to the class. If you are interested in either of these opportunities, please visit the Quality iTrust site.
