The 5S method is a structured management program to implement workplace organisation and standardisation. 5S improves safety, work efficiency, improves productivity and establishes a sense of ownership. And a well organised workplace motivates people.
The programme is called 5S, since all steps start with an "S":
1. Sort deals with the contents of a workplace, and removes all items that are not needed there.
2. Set in Order refers to "a place for everything, and everything in its place" to enable easy acces to needed items.
3. Shine refers
not just to cleaning, but to "being proud" about the way the workplace is organised.
4. Standardise refers to having standards that everyone has to adhere to. Visual management is an important aspect to facilitate easy undersanding of these standards.
5. Sustain refers to the interaction betwee
n employees and management to incorporate the continuous improvement culture.
The 5S management program facilitates an excellent performance:
Safety: a well organised and orderly workplace is a safer workplace. 5S activities remove clutter, visual indicators alarm people for hazardous situations.
Improving production efficiency: 5S supports a smooth production process in various ways. Searching for tools is eliminated, flow principles are applied, tools storage is done where they are needed most. Location indicators visualise how things have been organised, and non conformaties are seen at
once.
Quality improvement: Daily activities like inspection help to keep the production process in the right condition. Defects are prevented, because deviations are spotted before they result into defects.
The training package has been produced in co-operation with Philips Electronics, Smit Tr
ansformers, Nacco Materials Handling Group, Minkels and Timmerije (injection molding).
"This training package has helped us enormously to implement 5S in a structural way, as well as getting our operators and management team behind it. The teams themselves are now taking the initiative."
Fred Waij
, TPM manager, Heineken Breweries.
More information: www.5straining.eu (more)
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