The CMC Management gave an award for "BEST IN 5S PRACTICE" during its 42nd Anniversary Employees' Program held at the Elements @ Centris on June 22, 2012. This is the first time that CMC gave recognition to an area or unit that consistently launched the 5S campaign last July 2011 with the end view of instilling the 5S spirit to all CMC employees. A quarterly inspection was conducted by CQI to evaluate compliance to 5S principles which are:
SORT- The sort step is where you remove everything from the workplace that is not used or needed to do the work.
STRAIGHTEN - The straighten step is based on the foundation " A place for everything and every thing in its place".
SHINE - The shine step is about cleaning the work place and keeping it clean.
STANDARDIZE - The standardize step is about making the 5S System's first three steps part of the daily routine.
SUSTAIN - The sustain step is about changing the culture and creating the discipline needed to sustain the 5S System. The Central Service (CS) Unit was the first recipient of "BEST IN 5S PRACTICE", award. The CS received a Certificate and cash award as its prize for a work well done. The CS is under the Office of the Asst. Director for Administration and its Unit In-Charge is Ms. Praxedes Del Mundo. Other units who made it to Top 10 for Best 5S Practice were Rehabilitation Medicine, Nursery, Delivery Room, Heart Station, Nursing Service Office, Nuclear Medicine Personnel Office, Eye Center, Medical Records / Archives and Central Supply.
by Ms. Zenaida T. Tagarda, Supervisor, CQI
