5s Flashcards
Objective of 5s
Increase productivity
Japaneise
Seiri Seiton Seiso Seiketsu Shitsuke
English
Sort Straighten/Set in order Shine Standardize Sustain
What is 5s
It is a quality technique that is based on order, cleanliness and habits to achieve productivity in factories and workplaces.
Why is order important
Disorder in the way of life, generates disorder in the way of thinking and focusing life.
5s Objective
Organization, order and permanent cleaning looking for productivity and good work environment
Seiri - Sort
Removing all the items that are not necessary from our work area.
Seiton - Straighten/Set in order
To order the necessary articles for our work, establishing a specific place for each thing, in order to facilitate its identification, location, disposition and return to the place of origin, after being used.
Seiso - Shine
Remove the dirtiness
The cleanest place is not the one that cleans up the longest but the one that gets the least dirty.
Planning
Seiketsu - Standardize
It is to ensure that procedures, practices and activities are carried out consciously and regularly to ensure that selection, organization and cleanliness are maintained in the work areas.
Integrate in the regular work
Evaluate the results.
Peter Drucker quote of seiketsu
If you can not measure it, you can not improve it.
Shitsuke - Sustain
It is to make a habit of the activities of the 5S’s, keeping correctly the processes generated through the commitment of all.
Biggest problem
Change Paradigms
Direction Paradigms
“Production teams must not stop”
“The workers do not take care of things”
“There are urgent orders, we can not waste time cleaning”
“The current state is adequate. We do not need the 5S’s”
Operators Paradigms
“I get paid to work not to clean”
“I do not see the need to apply 5S’s”
