5S - Seiri, Seiton, Seiso, Seiketsu, Shitsuke
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5S is a method to reduce waste and optimise productivity through maintaining an orderly workplace and using visual cues to achieve more consistent operational results.
- Seiri: tidiness, organization. Refers to the practice of sorting through all the tools, materials, etc., in the work area and keeping only essential items. Everything else is stored or discarded. This leads to fewer hazards and less clutter to interfere with productive work.
- Seiton: orderliness. Focuses on the need for an orderly workplace. Tools, equipment, and materials must be systematically arranged for the easiest and most efficient access. There must be a place for everything, and everything must be in its place.
- Seiso: cleanliness. Indicates the need to keep the workplace clean as well as neat. Cleaning in Japanese companies is a daily activity. At the end of each shift, the work area is cleaned up and everything is restored to its place.
- Seiketsu: standards. Allows for control and consistency. Basic housekeeping standards apply everywhere in the facility. Everyone knows exactly what his or her responsibilities are. House keeping duties are part of regular work routines.
- Shitsuke: sustaining discipline. Refers to maintaining standards and keeping the facility in safe and efficient order day after day, year after year.
Also known as “Sort, Straighten, Shine, Systemise and Sustain” in Western Methodology and CANDO (Cleanup, Arranging, Neatness, Discipline, and Ongoing improvement).
Benefits of the 5S System:
- Improved quality
- Achieve work standardization
- Decreased changeover time
- Improved safety
- Reduced storage costs
- Reduced cycle time
- Reduced machine down time
- Boost employee morale as well as work environment
In the words of Hiroyuki Hirano, author of 5S: Five Pillars of the Visual Workplace:
“A company that cannot successfully implement the 5 Ss cannot expect to effectively integrate JIT, re-engineering, or any other large-scale change. Good workplaces develop beginning with the 5S’s. Bad workplaces fall apart beginning with the 5 Ss.”
Resource:
Quality Gurus
Wikipedia
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jon Says:
is there a way to get the characters of the 5 s? im doing a non word pictorial on lean thinking. it in a mindmap design if not any suggestions on how to obtain them? thks
sam Says:
is there deepest presentation of each S’? For example, how to do ’seiri’ in a proper and structure way?
please advice?