5S for the Office

About 5S

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”.

Go-Go-Station^®, the-dashboard-for-your-desktop^® helps establish and maintain a 5S System for the office.

5S 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 Books

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

From Google

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