5S System Online Tutorial
Improve productivity, quality and safety
by cleaning up and organizing with 5s.
What Is A 5S's Program?
What Can It Do For Me?
What Type Of Business
Will Benefit From A Five S Program?
What Are The 5S's?
What Will It Cost Me?
What is a 5S's program?
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Five S's program focuses on organization, cleanliness and standardization
to improve profitability, efficiency, service and safety.
The principles underlying a Five S program at first appear
to be simple, obvious common sense. And they are. But until
the advent of 5S programs many businesses
ignored these basic principles.
What does a Five S's Program do for me?
 The
bottom line is that a 5S's program will improve profits, and
at the same time improve both quality and safety. It does
this by reducing wasted time and materials; improving daily
or shift startup times; reducing maintenance and downtime;
improving efficiency and productivity; improving
employee morale; and simplifying the work environment.
What types of businesses benefit
from a Five S program?
 Everyone
and all types of business. Manufacturing and industrial plants
come to mind first, as those are the business that can realize
the greatest benefits. However, any type of business, from
a retail store to a power plant -- from hospitals to television
stations -- all types of businesses, and all areas within
a business, will realize benefits from implementing a 5S program.
What are the Five S's?
(Use the above links for more details about each of the Five
S's)
What will it cost me?
The shipyard industry spent nearly a million dollars to develop
a Five S program their industry could use, and to implement
this program at two shipyards. On the other hand you can implement
a Five S program without adding an extra dollar to your budget.
Realistically you probably will need to spend some extra
money to get your Five S program going. There will be training
time; man-hours spent to get your facility cleaned up and
organized; equipment purchases, such as buying a quality labeling
system; and time spend on sustaining your Five S program once
it is in place.
Your actual costs will depend on where you are now - for
example what is the condition of your facility? The further
you are from meeting the goals of a Five S program, the more
it will cost to implement one and the greater the benefits
you'll see as a result of your Five S program. One way to implement a 5s program is through a visual workplace.
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