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5S

 

 

q       Sort (organization) – Clearly distinguish needed from unneeded items and eliminate the latter.

q       Set in Order (orderliness) – Keep needed items in the correct place for easy and immediate retrieval.

q       Shine (cleanliness) – Keep the workplace swept and thoroughly clean.

q       Standardize (routine clean-up) – Standardize clean-up and organization through guidelines

q       Sustain (discipline – habit) – Make a habit of maintaining established 5S procedures and discipline through verification and checklists.

 

 

 

Sort (organization)

q       Only use materials, equipment, tooling, and supplies that are needed, when they are needed, in the quantities needed.

q       Eliminate excess/obsolete equipment

q       Eliminate excess/obsolete inventory

q       Improve inefficient space utilization

q       Eliminate space taken up by unneeded items

q       Remove outdated papers and files

q       Reduce cabinets, shelving, lockers containing supplies

q       Look in unlabeled containers, boxes, shelves, bottom of locations

q       Eliminate outdated posters, wall boards, metrics, slogans, banners

Set in Order (orderliness)

q       Put everything has a useable place

q       Make every item visible, reachable and available when needed

q       Locate missing tools, documents, instructions, keys and inventory

q       Define clear, shiny, well-marked aisle-ways

q       Color-code areas

q       Post slogans and banners

q       Limit work in process

q       Post Standard Work documents


Shine (cleanliness)

q       The cleaner the better

q       Clean areas where red-tagged items were removed

q       Remove dirt, oil, scraps and garbage

q       Clean on a daily basis

q       Audit the cleaning process

q       Improve equipment maintenance

q       Clean aisles, walkways, floors, machines, desks

q       Assign cleaning responsibilities

q       Create target areas: equipment, floors and inventories

q       Cleaning checklists

q       Verification review procedure

q       Correct deficiencies

q       Cleaning is a team effort

q       Correct root cause of unclean items

 

Standardize (routine cleanup)

q       Maintain and control continual improvement achievements

q       Ensure systematic organization, sorting, and scrubbing clean are synchronized

q       Ask: Why? Who? What? When? Where? How? How much?

q       Plan, allocate, act and verify

o        Step 1: Plan - Who does what and when

o        Step 2: Allocate - Assign resources to tasks

o        Step 3: Act - Perform tasks and integrate into daily operations

o        Step 4: Verify - Ensure effectiveness

 

Sustain (discipline – habit)

q       Practice prevention, discipline and accountability

q       Ensure control of systematic organization, orderliness and cleanliness

q       Perseverance and discipline are required to ensure improvements are maintained

q       Identify how actions are to be accomplished

q       Develop Standard Work sheets

q       Follow-up on actions and responsibilities

q       Hold people accountable

q       Lead by example

q       Persistently communicate and advertise

q       Perform a gap analysis on defects and identify corrective actions

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