If a company does not have the discipline to execute the five Sâs, it will not have the discipline to complete standard work, pull systems, and other lean techniques. 5S is the very first step on a companyâs learn journey. | A |. Andon: Simply means âlightâ in Japanese.
Training success. An Armed Forces of the Philippines officer congratulates his men on a successful training operation. U.S. commanders in the region cite the improved military competency and capacity of the Filipino forces as a key marker of the success of the U.S. strategy for the Philippines.
By neutralizing U.S. air and naval power in the Philippines in the first forty-eight hours of the war, the Japanese had gained a position never anticipated in USAFFE plans. Defense of the Philippines now relied solely on its ground forces, which at the time had no lines of supply or escape.