整理・整頓・清掃・清潔・躾5S (Seiri, Seiton, Seiso, Seiketsu, Shitsuke)
Workplace Organisation
5S
整理・整頓・清掃・清潔・躾5S (Seiri, Seiton, Seiso, Seiketsu, Shitsuke) · Japanese
A method to create and sustain a clean, orderly and safe workplace in five steps: Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardise, Sustain.
5S is often the first Lean method a team learns, because the results are visible within days. The hard part is the fifth step: keeping the standard alive after the first workshop.
Examples
- 01A workstation is cleared of unused tools and every tool gets a marked place.
- 02A weekly 5S audit with 25 questions tracks the area score.
- 03An office applies 5S to shared folders and desk drawers.