Seiketsu
5S is a workplace organization method that uses a list of five Japanese language, Japanese words: , , , , and . These have been translated as "sort", "set in order", "shine", "standardize", and "sustain". The list describes how to organize a work space for efficiency and effectiveness by identifying and storing the items used, maintaining the area and items, and sustaining the new organizational system. The decision-making process usually comes from a dialogue about standardization, which builds understanding among employees of how they should do the work. In some quarters, 5S has become 6S, the sixth element being safety (safe). Other than a specific stand-alone methodology, 5S is frequently viewed as an element of a broader construct known as ''visual control'', ''visual workplace'', or ''visual factory''. Under those (and similar) terminologies, Western companies were applying underlying concepts of 5S before publication, in English, of the formal 5S methodology. For example, ...
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5S Methodology
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