S and workplace productivity

5S is a common tool for improving workplace productivity, quality, throughput and safety. Many companies implementing Lean Manufacturing start with a series of 5S events to remove the workplace and improve workflows between processes. Predominantly used in the manufacturing sector, they can now be found deployed in diverse industries such as banking, mining, construction and many other industries. The S pillars are available in order to improve because waste must be made visible. When it is visible, we must learn to see. Part of a Lean Manufacturing organization is to expose waste and then to systematically attack it. 5S is used to manage the work area more effectively and should not be confused with other programs such as TPM (total productive maintenance) that are more machine and equipment focused, even though the concepts are similar.

The 5S methodology is a Japanese management tool used to organize, clean and maintain an efficient and safe workplace. Implementing it in a construction company's warehouse can significantly improve productivity, efficiency and safety. Here's how to apply each of the 5S in this context: Seiri (Classify), Seiton (Sort), Seiso (Clean), Seiketsu (Standardize), Shitsuke (Hold), The implementation improved: Loss of time in activities, Punctual delivery with customers, Organization of the warehouse area

The paper represents an application of '5S' technology in one of the MNC Samsonite South Asia Pvt. Ltd., Gonde-Dumala, Maharashtra which is the leading manufacturer of the luggage bags in the world. '5S' in simple terms is a Japanese technique consisting of five 'S' terms namely Seiri (sorting), Seiton (set in order), Seiso (shine), Seiketsu (standardize) and Shitsuke (sustain) having a deep sense for managing the work place. The aim of the implementation of '5S' in the organization is to enhance the productivity, safety, efficiency through effective workplace management. The need for the implementation of '5S' in the organization came into existence due to unorganized workstations , uncomfortable working environment and the excessive wastes in the company. Hence to get rid-off of the above factors, there was an urgent need for the successive implementation of '5S' in the organization. The effective following on '5S' in the organization by the various official staff and workman's strengthens the work ethic between them resulting in the motivation towards teamwork. The successive implementation of '5S' transformed the organization drastically, right from the working conditions to the employees working satisfaction.

Research Papers Faculty of Materials Science and Technology Slovak University of Technology

Developed in Japan, 5S is a system of organizing workplace for efficiency, effectiveness and safety. Is 5s important? The answer is: “YES”, because the implementation is about empowering employees to control their work area and create an environment where they want to work every day. It is a program that only works with grass roots level engagement. With commitment to safety, we are equally committed to 5S to ensure a safe place to work. It enabled us to indicate where waste was occurring and thus improve the work area sustainably. We recognized real problems, found solutions and ultimately we were successful in our endeavors. Throughout different companies, various words of similar meaning are used. No matter what specific words are used to identify the steps in 5S, the purpose remains the same: create a clean, organized and efficient work environment.

IRJET, 2023

This paper provides an introduction to the 5S system, a structured methodology for organizing and maintaining an efficient and productive workplace. The 5S system consists of five pillars: Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain, which are designed to reduce waste and optimize productivity through maintaining an orderly workplace and using visual cues. Implementing the 5S system can result in significant benefits for organizations, including reduced space utilization, improved efficiency, and improved quality. The 5S system also provides a foundation for introducing other lean methods such as TPM, cellular manufacturing, just-in-time production, and six sigma. Overall, the 5S system is a powerful tool for improving organizational performance and competitiveness in today's business environment.

Purpose: The aim of this paper is showing the 5S methodology. In this paper it was introduced the way of implementing the 5S methodology in the company. Design/methodology/approach: In the frames of own research it has been analysed and implemented the 5S rules in the production process. Findings: On the basis of the own research it can be stated, that introducing the 5S rules bring the great changes in the company, for example: process improvement by costs' reduction, increasing of effectiveness and efficiency in the processes, maintenance and improvement of the machines' efficiency, safety increasing and reduction of the industry pollution, proceedings according to decisions. Research limitations/implications: The 5S methodology permits to analyse the processes running on the workplace. The 5S is the methodology of creation and maintaining well organized, clean, high effective and high quality workplace. Practical implications: Own research clearly showed, that very essential is training of workers about the 5S rules. Essential thing is to divide activities on some main steps and to maintain the continuous improvement. Originality/value: The 5S method begins each programme of improvement in a company. This method can be used in all companies. Its result is the effective organization of the workplace.

Purpose: The aim of this paper is showing the 5S methodology. In this paper it was introduced the way of implementing the 5S methodology in the company. Design/methodology/approach: In the frames of own research it has been analysed and implemented the 5S rules in the production process. Findings: On the basis of the own research it can be stated, that introducing the 5S rules bring the great changes in the company, for example: process improvement by costs' reduction, increasing of effectiveness and efficiency in the processes, maintenance and improvement of the machines' efficiency, safety increasing and reduction of the industry pollution, proceedings according to decisions. Research limitations/implications: The 5S methodology permits to analyse the processes running on the workplace. The 5S is the methodology of creation and maintaining well organized, clean, high effective and high quality workplace. Practical implications: Own research clearly showed, that very essential is training of workers about the 5S rules. Essential thing is to divide activities on some main steps and to maintain the continuous improvement. Originality/value: The 5S method begins each programme of improvement in a company. This method can be used in all companies. Its result is the effective organization of the workplace.

International Journal of Services and Operations Management, 2015

5'S is one of the most widely adopted techniques from the lean manufacturing toolbox. Along with standard work and total productive maintenance, 5'S is considered a 'foundational' lean concept, as it establishes the operational stability required for making and sustaining continuous improvements. The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on 5'S and to present an overview of 5'S implementation practices adopted by the manufacturing organisations. It also highlights those opportunities (problems) for 5'S implementation. After identifying the problems, research team tried to solve this problem by using 5'S tools to improve productivity of selected furniture manufacturing factory and compare between two scenarios (before implementing 5'S and after implementing 5'S).

Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences

BACKGROUND 5S is considered as a foundation for lean, because of its ability to eliminate wastes from non-value added activities or waste from human motion. It is a structured program to systematically organise workplace and boost the morale of workers, promoting a sense of pride in their work. The objectives of the study are to reduce the process wastes, smoothen the process flow, improve the storage facilities, safety and security through 5S techniques at a selective biomedical engineering department; to measure the improvement in 5S audit scoring before and after 5S implementation. MATERIALS AND METHODS An experimental study was carried out in Yenepoya Medical College Hospital, Mangalore. The effectiveness of 5S techniques were assessed by using 5S audit checklist with rating score of each component (audit score ranging from 0 to 5). Photographs before and after the implementation of 5S techniques in this study were captured. RESULTS Improvement was observed at the biomedical engineering department that was reflected from the fact that the audit score had increased from 31.79% to 91.794%. Paired t-test was 8.5673 at p < 0.0010. CONCLUSION 5S technique is an inevitable tool to enhance the productivity, safety, acceptable working environment, optimal inventory management and resultant financial benefits of saving inventory cost, smooth workflow, uninterrupted access to materials and tools as and when required. This technique has stood the test of time for improving quality in various organisations such as healthcare, industrial area, business sectors and educational institutions and so forth.

Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) targets enabling the machine operators to undertake the maintenance activities and therefore to increase the efficiency of the equipments. It struggles with six great losses decreasing the efficiency of the equipment. 5S, which is the pre-step of TPM, is a systematic approach providing the contribution of all personnel in the cleaning regime of the company. The clean and steady environment targeted by 5S has positive impacts on the work safety, quality, efficiency and morale. In this study, 5S system, used for ensuring order and discipline in the companies and ensuring the supervision of both simple and even the smallest details, has been reviewed in full details and they have been taken under the content of the research through selecting the assembly department as pilot department for 5S activities applied at a yacht manufacturing company. It has been targeted to set this as a guide for the directors of the company and the researches working in this field by assessing the results of this study.