Tag: 5S

  What is Lean 6S   Many companies will tell you that they implement  lean 6S; 6S being 5S plus the added step of safety. 5S is a methodical method to improve your housekeeping and standardize your processes making them more efficient and less stressful for your employees. 5S benefits are many, higher efficiencies, less… Continue reading Lean 6S; 5S + Safety

  Implement Lean 5S in the  Office   Lean principles are as applicable in a service industry or your administrative offices as they are in Manufacturing; in fact in some cases even more important. Applying lean thinking and lean tools to your office processes will often make greater savings in your lead times and other… Continue reading 5S Office; Implement the Lean Office

  5S Shitsuke   5S Shitsuke is the fifth and final stage of 5S; 5S being a lean manufacturing tool for ensuring standardized, efficient operations as well as excellent housekeeping. By implementing 5S within your organization you work to eliminate the causes of Muda, Mura and Muri, especially the seven wastes of lean. This final… Continue reading Lean 5S Shitsuke, Sustain, custom and practice

  Lean 5S Seiketsu   5S Seiketsu is the forth step in the lean manufacturing tool of 5S; 5S being a simple but powerful tool for organizing your workplace in an efficient and safe manner. 5S is a methodical way to eliminate the seven wastes of lean within your processes as well as the other… Continue reading Lean 5S Seiketsu, Standardise, Conformity

5S Seiso 5S Seiso is the third stage in your 5S program implementation, 5S being an effective Lean Manufacturing tool which helps with not just your housekeeping, but with boosting your efficiencies, improving safety, and ensuring standardized ways of working. 5S benefits are based around the fact that it will help to remove the seven… Continue reading Lean 5S Seiso, Sweep, shine, clean and Check

5S Seiton 5S Seiton is the second stage of your 5S implementation program, 5S being a highly effective lean manufacturing tool for creating standard working practices and improving housekeeping to name just a few of the benefits of 5S. Following on from 5S Seiri where we removed all of the clutter from your workspace; we… Continue reading Lean 5S Seiton, Straighten, Simplify, Set In Order, Configure

  5S Seiri   5S Seiri is the first stage of the lean tool known as 5S; 5S being a simple methodical Lean Tool for the organization of your workplace to ensure standardized working practices, more ergonomic and efficient methods, higher levels of quality and reliability and improved safety to name just a few of… Continue reading Lean 5S Seiri, Sort, Clearing, Classify

 5S Program   Any Lean Manufacturing tool, business improvement strategy and even 5S will fail if you do not have a vision and strategy for where you are taking your business. 5S should form part of an overall goal for your business; it is not a goal in itself. Failure to have a clear vision… Continue reading 5S Program Implementation

  Implementing 5S Process   5S (5S Definition) is a cornerstone of any lean manufacturing implementation, either applied within your manufacturing environment, office processes or even within a service industry, but what are the benefits of implementing the 5S process? Without 5S your company will not have the right foundations on which to build any… Continue reading Benefits of implementing the 5S Process