ORGANISED WORKPLACE - 5S METHOD
Eliminate waste in workplace
Objectives
- Remove wasting in the workplace (e.g. search, manipulation,
useless motion…) - Increase quality (compliance with standards, cleanness in
the workplace…) - Develop workers’ discipline
- Improve labour safety
- Improve work environment
- Improve workplace organisation
- Ensure all workers’ cooperation on workplace organisation
Description
- 1SORT - sort and remove unnecessary items
- 2SET IN ORDER - arrange all necessary items to eliminate wast
- 3SHINE - clean the workplace and equipment
- 4STANDARDISE - standardise item arrangement and create cleaning standard
- 5SUSTAIN - sustain agreed standards and improve them continually