Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
pushing brooms.
French translation:
manier le balai
English term
Spain
French translator
Native in: French
Works in: Spanish to French, English to French, Catalan to French, and 1 more.
pushing brooms.
xxx is not reserved for janitors and cleaning crews. It’s not about pushing brooms.
It’s also not a list of rules handed down by top management with no input from the workforce. And it’s not a subject that can be taught to your employees in a single classroom training session.
| 3 +3 | manier le balai |
Anne Bohy
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| 4 +1 | balayer |
FX Fraipont (X)
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| 4 | faire du neuf/du propre/du nouveau |
HERBET Abel
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| 4 | être bonne à tout faire |
B D Finch
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Sep 26, 2017 09:23: Irène Guinez Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (1): Yvonne Gallagher
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Proposed translations
manier le balai
balayer
"eliminate the “seven deadly wastes”: overproduction, unnecessary transportation, excess inventory, defects, overprocessing, time wasted while waiting, and wasted employee motions and movement"
- it's not about sweeping floors
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gayd (X)
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B D Finch
: No, this is not literally about sweeping anything.// Look at the rest of the document: http://www.ishn.com/ext/resources/Resources/white-papers/5S_...
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it is "cleaning crews" - the whole 5 S methodology uses the vocabulary of "housekeeping" - This just says : "watch out, not to be taken literally". Nothing about "brush pushers here".
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Graduate engineer
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to French, French to English
faire du neuf/du propre/du nouveau
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B D Finch
: That would be a "clean sweep": wrong expression, this one comes from "broom-pusher".
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être bonne à tout faire
https://artipeeps.wordpress.com/.../weekend-showcase-touchst...
Past things. I've worked in several warehouses as a general dogsbody and broom pusher
bookchase.blogspot.com/2011/07/back-on-may-9-i-reviewed-book-called.html
... a political refugee from somewhere in the Middle East who seems to think that he has been hired as an investigator, not as a broom-pusher.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=1351294547
Peter Drucker - 2017 - Social Science
But when a former broom-pusher, born in the Glasgow slums, gets to be managing ...
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Note added at 2 days1 hr (2017-09-19 10:44:25 GMT)
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http://www.ishn.com/ext/resources/Resources/white-papers/5S_...
"To start, it’s wise not to call 5S a “program.” Programs have beginnings and endings. Employees have seen many programs come and go, and they can be perceived as “flavors of the month” or fads. 5S is anything but a fad. It also should not be presented to your workforce as simply an amped-up housekeeping effort. 5S is not reserved for janitors and cleaning crews. It’s not about pushing brooms. It’s also not a list of rules handed down by top management with no input from the workforce. And it’s not a subject that can be taught to your employees in a single classroom training session."
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Note added at 2 days1 hr (2017-09-19 10:47:39 GMT)
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"A broad strategy to accomplish these goals is to implement the Japanese 5S methodology. 5S is used at worksites large and small to gain competitive advantages in terms of: safety; efficiency; visual communications; a clean, well-organized work environment; production gains; and strong, positive cultural values and beliefs. 5S also aims to eliminate the “seven deadly wastes”:
overproduction, unnecessary transportation, excess inventory, defects, over-processing, time wasted while waiting, and wasted employee motions and movement. 5S rests on five “pillars”: 1) seiri, or sort; 2) seiton, or set in order or systematize; 3) seiso, or sweep or shine; 4) seiketsu, or standardize; and 5) shitsuke, or self-discipline or sustain."
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FX Fraipont (X)
: definitely not what is meant here (BTW I've read the document)
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It might be inter alia about managing cleaning staff, but the expression is used to indicate this is not just mindless menial work. Don't just "read": understand it.
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