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“There is nothing more
inefficient than doing
efficiently that which
should not be done at
all.”
Peter Drucker
5S – WORKPLACE
M ANAGEMENT
… Resulting in Competitive Edge
A well-recognized and proven methodology to improve work
place efficiency. Over the years, itt has evolved into a formal
technique, which the Lean Management Practioners believe
as one of the foundation or pillars for effective
implementation Lean or TPM initiatives.

INTRODUCTION TO 5S – WORKPLACE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE

Many everyday problems could be solved through adoption of this practice. It is

also seen that many companies have included few aspects of the “5 “5-S” in their
routine processes without being aware of its existence as a formal technique. In
fact, the “5-S”
S” can be applied to activities in all walks of life.

Most of us must have come across a situation, may be in the workplace or in the
house, wherein the following questions were asked:

There's not enough space…….The equipment is broken or I can't find the

manuals……I spend most of my time at the store searching for some items….…The
place is unsafe - someone is going to get hurt…...The place is a mess!

What do you do? Where do you

start?
This scenario must have happened
in your company some time or the
other and to overcome such
situations
ions there is a very simple
but effective method to improve
workplace safety, reduce waste,
simplify work processes, improve
equipment maintenance, reduce
lead time and cost, and ensure
product quality. It's the basis for
any improvement activity; one
universal
ersal method the Japanese
invented to prevent mishaps from
occurring because of untidiness
and lack of organization and it's
called 5-S.
5S is a combination of five Japanese
Japa Words
explained as below:
Seiri (Sort) - to identify all necessary items
(tools, parts, books, instructions, etc.) and to
remove any unnecessary ones.
Seiton (Systematize or Simplify) - to neatly
arrange and identify items for ease of use
and orderliness.
Seison (Sanitize or Shine) - to keep items
clean and in a constant state of readiness.
Seiketsu (Standardize) - to conduct Sort,
Simplify and Shine at frequent, daily intervals
to maintain a workplace in perfect condition.
Shitsuke (Self-discipline
discipline or Sustain) - to
control or form the habit and self-discipline
self
of always following the first four S's

If the Place where you work everyday is covered with grime, you can easily get depressed.

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 5S – WORKPLACE
M ANAGEMENT
A well organized … Resulting in Competitive Edge
workplace
improves ● ● ●
productivity by 2X.
KEY SUCCESS FACTORS:
A Place for
• Commitment from all personnel
personn
everything and
everything in its • Making 5 S implementation, a top
place. priority on management’s agenda.

• Measuring the benefits

● ● ●

BENEFITS OF IMPLEMENTING 5S

 A neater, cleaner or better organized place to work or facility.

 Lesser Retrieval Time and thus reduces waste of time and effort in searching
for items or information.

 Work becomes easier to do due to improved visual controls.

 More usable floor space

 Working environment becomes safer and thus fewer accidents

 Less re-work, scrap and wastage

 Better quality awareness

 Lower direct and indirect labor costs

 Lower materials cost

 Less money tied up in work in process

 Shorter lead times, and

 Higher on-time
time delivery rates

 Personnel become disciplined and proud of their well

well-organized
organized workplace
leading to lower employee turnover

 Results become visible to everyone: owners, customers, employees and other

stakeholders in the organization

“See for the Highest, aim at that Highest and you shall reach the HIGHEST.

- Swamy Vivekananda

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 5S – WORKPLACE
M ANAGEMENT
Effective … Resulting in Competitive Edge
Implementation of 5S
results in “Easy to Locate
How Confluence can Help:
and Easy to Use”
Benchmark – 30 Sec 1.Conducting Training and Awareness
Retrieval of Items
2. Conducting 5S Audits

3. Facilitating Organization wide Deployment

Take Away from Training: Take Away from 5S Audits:

Audits
1. Awareness on 5 ‘S’ concept 1. Independent Assessment of
2. Working knowledge on 5S Implementation
implementation and 2. Identification of
auditing. Improvement Areas.
Areas
3. Templates for 5 ‘S’ 3. Assessment of Maturity of
Implementation & Auditing Implementation across
4. Study material for the various departments or
course (5 ‘S’ Manual) areas
4. Improved Decision Making

Take Away from Organization Wide Deployment

Deployment:
1. Creating Management Buy Buy-in for the initiative
2. Build awareness and working knowledge on 5S Concept
3. Creating Champions at various levels of the organization
4. Effective and timely deployment of 5S
5. Solutions for effective workplace design
6. Institutionalization of the whole concept and building a 5S Culture in the
Organization
7. Moving up the organization to highest level of maturity of 5S deployment in
brisk steps.

“THINGS
NGS ARE NOT BETTERED, BUT WE ARE BETTERED, BY MAKING CHANGES IN THEM
THEM”

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 Profile of Confluence

• Confluence Center for Sustainable

Development and Business Excellence is one
of the pioneering organizations to provide
integrated sustainable development
services.

• We are a Management, Process,

Engineering Consulting and Training
Services Company backed by
b Leadership
Team with 100+ years of industry
experience between them.

To know more details or way forward to know how we can add value to organization,

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