5s your Office with a Go-Go-Station

Fundamentals of 5S in the Office

The 5S System for the Office involves 5 activities for establishing and maintaining a high performance office – ; Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardise, & Sustain. The meaning of these activities is summarised below.

1. Sort involves sorting through the contents of an area and removing unnecessary items. “When in doubt, move it out”
2. Set in Order involves arranging necessary items for easy and efficient access, and keeping it that way. “A place for everything and everything in its place”
3. Shine involves cleaning everything, keeping everything clean, and using a way to ensure that the area and equipment is maintained, as they should be. “Make it clean and keep it clean”
4. Standardise involves creating guidelines for keeping the area organised, orderly, and clean, making standards visual and obvious. “If you can’t see, you don’t know, and if you don’t know, you can’t control’
5. Sustain involves education and communication to ensure that everyone follows 5S standards. “Maintain the gain and forget the blame”

Establish and Maintain a 5S Office System with a Go-Go-Station Desktop Organizer

The Go-Go-Station desktop organizer is a one stop shop integrated solution for the office manager to establish and sustain a 5S visual management standard for the computer workstation and office desktop; but specifically, the environment between the computer keyboard and monitor.

The environment between the computer keyboard and monitor is vulnerable to accumulating clutter. It becomes a repository for a loose collection of stationery and personal items which is difficult for cleaners to respond to. This area is typically is more neglected than the other areas of a desktop. Dust, debris, food and other refreshments accumulate in this area which degrade the appearance and professionalism of a work space and may become health hazard and may compromise keyboard operation.

The Go-Go-Station desktop organizer is specifically designed to be utilize the space between the keyboard and monitor and maintain the order required of a 5s office system. Placement of a Go- Go-Station in this area reduces the prospect of this space being used for the storage of unnecessary items. It provides a visual placeholder for only those items you really need at your fingertips to enhance your work space productivity; such as your Smartphone, sticky note pads, business cards and general stationery items.

With the placement of a Go-Go-Station desktop organizer between computer keyboard and monitor, enhanced workspace cleanliness can more reliably be achieved - supporting the Shine part of a 5s system “Make it clean and keep it clean'. The clear acrylic Go-Go-Station moulding can easily be removed from station with the keyboard such that contract office cleaners to conduct cleaning comprehensively, quickly, and without disrupting the personal work space.

Establish and sustain a 5s compliant office environment with a Go-Go-Station desktop organizer.

5S for the Office Training

5S for the Office: Organizing the Workplace to Eliminate Waste
5S system training in New Zealand
KAIZEN Institute New Zealand Ltd. http://nz.kaizen.com/5s

5S for the Office Books

5S for the Office: Organizing the Workplace to Eliminate Waste
Thomas Fabrizio, Don Tapping Productivity Press (July 21, 2006)
ISBN: 1563273187 / ISBN13: 9781563273186

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