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06/02/2015Issue3 ELIMINATE
 SORT
 CLEAN
 STANDARDISE
 RESPECT
5S
focus5S – WORKPLACE ORAGNISATION AND STANDARDISATION
5S is about making
our company better
This week the 5S team had a bit of a
‘lightbulb moment’!
We had setout to move on the ‘sort’
elementofour workplace organisation
while always reviewing ‘eliminate’ as we
went along.We had spenta good
amountof time with team members
talking aboutbehaviours to embed
eliminate.However,it became apparent
to us as a team, as we looked at ‘sort,’
we had to address our OWN behaviours
and understanding of‘eliminate’.We
were looking to sortold practices and
processes.There was a real risk that we
would end up with the same results as
currently seen!
The pictures above show some ofthe activity
carried out refining eliminate and sort:
Fig 1. Line 5 with only the minimum of
workstations remaining (QA station).
Fig 2. Line 4 and old change part area
completelycleared.Only materials available
on-line are those needed now and stored at
pointof use were possible.
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To grasp fully the opportunities thata
5S program can deliver we realised that
we MUST COMPLETELY ELIMINATE
all items that were currently not being
used in the whole area.
This will give us a great chance to
see what’s necessaryand unnecessary.
It will enable the team to review and
question every item left and to ‘sort’ the
remaining items in the correct locations
and the correct quantities.The area
needs to be visually stimulating and
obvious as to what’s happening and
where things belong.
Now we fully see the area and can
work to deliver REAL progress.
Eliminate Sort Clean Standardise Respect
5S
Workplace Organisation & Standardisation
When in
doubt,
mov e it
out –
Red Tag
technique
A place
f or
ev ery thing
and
ev ery thing
in its
place
Clean and
inspect
&
Inspect
through
cleaning
Make
the rules
and f ollow
them
Part of
daily work
and it
becomes
a habit
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