To summarise 5S simplifies your workplace environments and assists with the reduction of wastage and other forms of non-value adding activities whilst improving quality, effectiveness, process efficiencies and employee safety.
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Lean Manufacturing is a systematic method focussing on the improvement of industrial processes. 5S is a Lean Manufacturing term, referring to 5 Japanse words

• Sort: Focus upon the identification of all items in a workplace which enables you to distinguish between the essential and non-essential items
• Straighten: Identify the best location for each item, placing essential items in assigned locations. All non-essential items are removed from the work area in question.
• Shine: Focus on creating a best practice approach to keeping the workplace clean and tidy at all times. The principle requires that you ensure that regular housekeeping activities occur continuously during any given shift.
• Standardize: Work to identify with the process employees the best procedures to use to ensure effective and safe operation. These procedures become “law” and are applied diligently time and time again.
• Sustain: Focus your energies to ensure that all activities and changes which have been implemented stay implemented. Actions such as continued cleaning of the workplace, the identification of potential non-compliant activities and the reinforcement of approved activities are required to ensure the 5S activity remains beneficial.