Domestic Lean Goddess - The 5 s's of quality improvement

WIFE: Oh hey, hun. Don't forget. My parents are coming next week and it's your turn to cook. TOM: Totally! No problem. TOM: Aw, man! Graphic: (EXPIRED) TOM: Help help help help...okay. How to...cook for an entire week for your in-laws. How to...have a meal ready before the game. How to...not be in the dog house. Um...how to...ah...play. DOMESTIC LEAN GODDESS: Hi Tom! Looks like you could use some help in the meal planning department. Have you ever heard of the 5 S's of Quality Improvement? They are Sort, Straighten, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain. I believe if you apply these tools, you will see great improvements in your daily life, including easier, more efficient meal planning, and a happy wife and in-laws. Good luck! Yours truly, The Domestic Lean Goddess Graphic: (5 S's) DOMESTIC LEAN GODDESS: The 5 S's system is a quality improvement technique developed to standardize a workplace for effectiveness and efficiency, which can be achieved when you organize the space, and establish orderly flow. Graphic: (Sort Straighten Shine Standardize Sustain) DOMESTIC LEAN GODDESS: Let's go through the 5 phases. Sort, Straighten, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain -- to see where you can streamline your meal planning process to make more effective use of your time, and keep your sanity. Graphic: SORT DOMESTIC LEAN GODDESS: The first step of the program is: Sort. This is where you systematically distinguish needed from unneeded items and get rid of what you don't need. How does your food inventory look? TOM: Yikes. DOMESTIC LEAN GODDESS: Well let's get to work. TOM: Okay. I'll go through my inventory and see what ingredients I have. The stuff I don't use or is expired, I'll throw that stuff away. Based on what I have left, I'll create my meal list for the week, and I'll make sure to focus on using those ingredients that are about to expire first. That'll make it super easy to figure out what groceries I need and how much of them to buy. DOMESTIC LEAN GODDESS: That sounds great. Let's move to our next step: Straighten. Graphic: STRAIGHTEN DOMESTIC LEAN GODDESS: The idea here is to keep needed items in the correct place to allow for easy and immediate access. If you physically lay out all the tools you need, and measure and prep all the ingredients required for a particular meal before you start cooking, you can save yourself a lot of time running around the kitchen, or last minute runs to the grocery store if you don't have enough on an ingredient. TOM: (flashback) Honey! TOM: Nice! What else you got? Graphic: SHINE DOMESTIC LEAN GODDESS: The third of the 5 S's is: Shine. Keep your workplace neat and clean. Don't wait until you're done cooking to clean that mountain of dishes. Cleaning while you cook ensures you will have what you need for the next meal clean and ready to go when you need it. DOMESTIC LEAN GODDESS: Cleaning surfaces as you cook can also reduce your risk of food-borne illnesses. Graph: (CLEAN AS YOU GO -- Reduce Time Spent in Kitchen -- 90 min 60 min 30 min) DOMESTIC LEAN GODDESS: And it also reduces your overall time spent in the kitchen from prep to clean up. And it certainly reduces the amount of time you spend looking for things. TOM: Less time in the kitchen? Seems like a no-brainer there. Graphic: STANDARDIZE DOMESTIC LEAN GODDESS: Exactly. Now you just have to Standardize. This is where you make Sort, Straighten and Shine habitual: a part of the regular routine. DOMESTIC LEAN GODDESS: Make sure everyone is aware of the procedures and be sure there is clear communication. WIFE: (on phone) Oh, okay, I'll let him know. (to Tom) They loved it! DOMESTIC LEAN GODDESS: Looks like things are improving already. But our final S -- Sustain -- is probably the most important. Graphic: SUSTAIN DOMESTIC LEAN GODDESS: Sustain means to maintain and spread established procedures. You and your team should always be thinking about ways to improve the process. And have fun with it! TOM: I'm all over it. DOMESTIC LEAN GODDESS: Until next time, yours in quality improvement, the Domestic Lean Goddess. Closing Graphics: A Domestic Lean Goddess Production Created by CFMC, the Learning and Action Network National Coordinating Center (LAN NCC) A Special Thanks to Actors: Tom Ventura Melanie Kaup Voice Over Dr. Jane Brock Director/Producer/Writer Cyndi Ortiz Creative Director Kimothy Pikor Director of Photography/Editorial/Sound Design Image Brew Animation Freed Motion Location Manager Laura Mankin Production Assistant Kristin Furjanic This material was prepared by CFMC, the Learning and Action Network National Coordinating Center (LAN NCC), under contract with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents presented do not necessarily reflect CMS policy. PM-4060-025 CO 2014. Quality Improvement Organization logo Learning and Action Network National Coordinating Center logo (End of Video)