5S Overview5S Overview

Learning Objectives• What is 5S?• Why 5S?• Origins of 5S

What is 5S?

A method of creating a clean and orderlyclean and orderly workplace that

exposes wasteexposes waste and makes abnormalities immediately visibleimmediately visible. 

More Than Housekeeping

Identify Abnormalities

Origins of 5S

CAN D O

Cleaning up Arranging Neatness Discipline Ongoing Improvement

1. Seiri = Sort Seiton = Straighten

Seisou = Sweep or Shine

Seiketsu = Standardize

Shitsuke = Self-Discipline

1. Seiri = Sort 2. Seiton = Straighten

Seisou = Sweep or Shine

Seiketsu = Standardize

Shitsuke = Self-Discipline

1. Seiri = Sort 2. Seiton = Straighten

3. Seisou = Sweep or Shine

Seiketsu = Standardize

Shitsuke = Self-Discipline

1. Seiri = Sort 2. Seiton = Straighten

3. Seisou = Sweep or Shine

4. Seiketsu = Standardize

Shitsuke = Self-Discipline

1. Seiri = Sort 2. Seiton = Straighten

3. Seisou = Sweep or Shine

4. Seiketsu = Standardize

5. Shitsuke = Self-Discipline

Why 5S?

Waste

Operator

Accountant

Nurse

High Impact, Low Cost

Gets everyone involved

Adherence to standards is key to kaizen

If you can’t do 5S, you can’t do Lean.

The 5 Steps

Step 1: Sort

Step 2: Straighten

Step 3: Sweep

AFTERAFTERBEFOREBEFORE

Step 4: Standardize

Step 5: Self-Discipline

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