Subject : Lean System

5S and Visual Management to Create a Manageable Work Environment

14. Analyze the work/office area of your home/apartment where that you typically work in for homework and studying. This area should include your computer. Follow the 5S system below for the office area:

a. Sort: Take a before photo of your work area and then segregate your items in groups: physical items should include files, letters, sticky notes, pens, notebooks, paper clips, stapler, and so on. Next, conduct the same procedure on your computers file system. Move/rename file folders, combine file folders, and so on.

P/S : This must Include the Picture

b. Straighten: Take a before photo of your area and then organize your area so that everything has a place. On your computer, organize the file structure format accordingly.

c. Shine: Take a before photo and then dust, clean, and polish your work area. On your computer, clean your hard drive, defrag, virus scan, and optimize your registry.

d. Standardize: Develop a time-constrained checklist to review to keep your area clean. Design the workstation area to make it difficult to disorganize it in the future by standardizing the setup. Take an image snap of your computers file format structure and print out the image to place in your work area to set a standard reference.

e. Sustain: Adhere to the time-constrained checklist by incentivizing yourself to maintain the workspace area. Set up a maintenance schedule on your computer to run your activities automatically and set up reminder appointments in your calendar to remind you to reorganize your computer system.

f. Take an after photo and compare and contrast the different photos

P/S : This Answer must be include the picture the situation.