What is 5S concept?Five S methodology guides organizations to create and maintain an organized, clean and safe work environment as a foundation for achieving Lean. It starts with basic housekeeping, but is much more as it becomes a way of doing business.
The five steps or phases of this Japanese based process are:
1– Sort or Seiri,
2– Store and Set in Place or Seiton,
3– Shine or Seiso,
4– Standardize or Seiketsu, and
5– Sustain or Shitsuka.
Five’S paves the way for improvement.
The first S – Seiri or Sort focuses on determining what is necessary and what is not necessary for the workplace to function efficiently and guides us to discard what is not needed. Guidelines for establishing “necessary” include what is needed for current productions or tasks.
Seiton or Set in Order, the second S, takes the next step to organize and arrange those necessary items so that they are easy to locate and use, and to label them so that everyone can locate them and return them to their place.
The third S, Seiso or Scrub and Shine, focuses on keeping machines and working environments clean. A clean workplace allows operators to check machines for unusual situations such as cracks, leaks, loose parts, strange noises or vibrations while they are doing basic cleaning tasks.
Seiketsi or Standardize and Systematize, focuses on extending the concept of cleanliness to oneself and continuously practicing the first three steps. Peer review teams with 5S checklists are signs of the fourth S.
The fifth and final S, Shitsuke or Sustain, builds self-discipline to the 5S principles and makes engaging in 5S a habit by establishing standards. Frequently this S is accompanied by team incentives or recognition.
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