5S Training - Lean Manufacturing House Keeping

5S training leads to a cleaner, safer and more orderly work environment where the layout facilitates effective working methods

Overview:

5S is a set of techniques providing a standard approach to housekeeping within Lean Manufacturing.

It is often promoted as being far more than simply housekeeping and some of the elements described below
certainly have broader implications.

A cornerstone of 5S is that untidy, cluttered work areas are not productive.

Suitable for:

Anybody who needs a more productive working environment.

The Programme Topic Areas are:

• Introduction to 5S
• Benefits of 5S
• 1S: Simplify - red tagging, removing unnecessary items
• 2S: Straighten - determining equipment requirements, equipment layout, storage methods, visual
• management
• 3S: Scrub - general cleaning, cleaning as part of equipment inspection and preventative maintenance
• 4S: Stabilise - activity planning and resourcing, developing procedures, training
• 5S: Sustain - auditing, maintaining and improving standards through a kaizen approach, implementation
• plan development
• Summary & action plans agreed