5S
Manufacturing facilities are living organisms. The healthiest organisms move and change in a flexible relationship environment.
In the business world,
Meanwhile, sales and competition increases each year as companies strive to manufacture more sophisticated products at lower cost.
Because of these challenges,
Just what are the 5S's? The 5S's are a reference to five words for the basic elements of the 5S system, which are:
SORT - Organization
STABILIZATION - Simplify access
SHINE - Cleanliness
STANDARDIZE - Information about, and location of, needed items
SUSTAIN - Self-discipline
The following is a brief summary of the 5S's.
SORT. Sorting involves four primary activities:
STABILIZE. Simplifying access to needed items. In the simplifying step, items are placed by frequency of usage,
SHINE. This can be a Visual or Physical sweep. Shining includes three primary activities:
STANDARDIZE. Standardization makes information about locations more recognizable. If all labels on a shelf are formatted the same way, it is easier to visually sweep through the labels. If procedures for retrieving and returning items and information are uniform, it is easier for everyone in the work group to locate them quickly.
SUSTAIN. Self-discipline is the routine practice of all the steps that precede it. Self-discipline is having all associates doing their part to carry out the 5S actions they have agreed upon.
The 5S system will make the work environment cleaner and safer and the job simpler and more satisfying for associates. It's about how to create a workplace that is clearly organized. free of clutter, arranged so things can be found, and sparkling clean - a place where anyone would be proud to work.
The 5S approach is simple and universal. It works in companies all over the world. 5S activities provide essential support for successful implementation of other important manufacturing improvements in companies, such as shorter equipment changeovers, just-in-time inventory systems, total quality management and total productive maintenance.
The frontline production and assembly associates - are the people who will be most involved in implementing the 5S approach - and also the ones who will benefit the most from it.
BENEFITS. Some of the payoffs of implementing the 5S systems:
In the business world,
- customer needs are always changing,
- new technologies are continually being developed,
- and generation after generation of new products appear in the market.
Meanwhile, sales and competition increases each year as companies strive to manufacture more sophisticated products at lower cost.
Because of these challenges,
- organizations must find new ways to ensure their survival by adapting to the changing business environment
- organizations must move beyond old organizational concepts and customs that no longer apply and adopt new methods that are appropriate to the times.
Just what are the 5S's? The 5S's are a reference to five words for the basic elements of the 5S system, which are:
SORT - Organization
STABILIZATION - Simplify access
SHINE - Cleanliness
STANDARDIZE - Information about, and location of, needed items
SUSTAIN - Self-discipline
The following is a brief summary of the 5S's.
SORT. Sorting involves four primary activities:
- Determining the frequency of usage for every item in the workplace.
- Marking the items that are not used.
- Disposing of the nonessential items.
- Eliminating sources of clutter and unwanted items.
STABILIZE. Simplifying access to needed items. In the simplifying step, items are placed by frequency of usage,
SHINE. This can be a Visual or Physical sweep. Shining includes three primary activities:
- Visually and Physically sweeping the work area to ensure that everything is in its proper location. A visual sweep of the area should instantly tell you what is missing or misplaced and what action needs to be taken.
- Visually and Physically sweeping to identify and correct repeated violations.
- Visually and Physically sweeping to identify and correct repeated housekeeping problems. Tools out of place, manuals out of sequence, inventory in incorrect area.
STANDARDIZE. Standardization makes information about locations more recognizable. If all labels on a shelf are formatted the same way, it is easier to visually sweep through the labels. If procedures for retrieving and returning items and information are uniform, it is easier for everyone in the work group to locate them quickly.
SUSTAIN. Self-discipline is the routine practice of all the steps that precede it. Self-discipline is having all associates doing their part to carry out the 5S actions they have agreed upon.
The 5S system will make the work environment cleaner and safer and the job simpler and more satisfying for associates. It's about how to create a workplace that is clearly organized. free of clutter, arranged so things can be found, and sparkling clean - a place where anyone would be proud to work.
The 5S approach is simple and universal. It works in companies all over the world. 5S activities provide essential support for successful implementation of other important manufacturing improvements in companies, such as shorter equipment changeovers, just-in-time inventory systems, total quality management and total productive maintenance.
The frontline production and assembly associates - are the people who will be most involved in implementing the 5S approach - and also the ones who will benefit the most from it.
BENEFITS. Some of the payoffs of implementing the 5S systems:
- Increase floor space.
- Improved working conditions.
- Established operating procedures.
- Improved inventory management.
- Improved morale.