5S is a workplace organization and continuous improvement system that lays the foundation for all other lean improvement activities. By starting your lean journey with 5S, we will discover the tools and techniques required to be successful in eliminating waste from our processes.
5S is not a system, or program that can be started and completed.It is a continuous improvement process that provides a never ending methodology to continuously improve your operation. It has been proven to work in any business, every sector, all industries, in any country and has been instrumental in changing the culture of organizations worldwide.
OBJECTIVE
1. To create a work environment that is clean, safe, convenient, systematic, productive and conducive.
2. To ensure the quality and productivity of employee increase.
3. To adopt austerity measures in the management.
4. To ensure mutal assistance and cooperation of wokers.
5. To build a positive and dynamic work culture.
SEIRI ~ SORT
To sort and systematically discard items that are not needed in the workplace.
SEITON ~ SET IN ORDER
To arrange necessary items in a neat and systematic manner so that they can be easily retrieved for use and return after used.
SEISO ~ SHINE
To clean and inspect the workplace throughly so that they is no dirt in the floor, machine and equipments.
SEIKETSU ~ STANDARDIZATION
To maintain high standard of workplace organization by keeping everything clean and orderly at all times.
SHITSUKE ~ SUSTAIN
To train people to practise the 5s syatem continuously so that it becomes habitual and ingrained in the culture of organization.
