What is 5S and how will it help my workplace?
5S is the key foundation pillar for any organisational change. It provides a cleaner, process improved and more organised workplace. It begins the process towards a visually managed work area and leaves the team involved with a huge sense of achievement and enthusiasm.
Choice Training Solutions 5S implementation provides professional services for the introduction of 5S into a work area. 5S can be applied to any work area to instil a culture which encourages improvements. Choice Training Solutions will work through the following 5S steps and provide direction to achieve a sustained system:
- Sort (Seiri) - focuses on eliminating unnecessary work items
- Set In Order (Seiton)- focuses on efficient and effect storage systems
- Shine (Seiso) - this step establishes cleaning requirements and formulates a cleaning system which will help identify issues
- Standardise (Seiketsu) - determines best practice work habits and educates others in the most efficient methods
- Sustain (Shitsuke) - develops a strategy to sustain your activities and implements routine actions that will maintain an optimum environment
In a typical scenario, an organisation is implementing or practising a 5S approach to housekeeping. While 5S places much of the responsibility on team members, team leaders needs to support, encourage and facilitate effective 5S in the workplace.
The following courses are available:
| 1.0 |
Facilitate the set up of 5 S |
| 1.1 |
Assist team members to determine what are necessary and unnecessary items in the work area |
| 1.2 |
Assist team members to determine optimum assigned location for all necessary items |
| 1.3 |
Liaise with relevant production and occupational health and safety (OHS) personnel in determining optimum locations |
| 1.4 |
Assist team members to determine optimum location for unnecessary items |
| 1.5 |
Assist team members to determine 5S schedule |
| 1.6 |
Ensure procedures reflect 5S practices |
| 1.7 |
Assist team members to achieve the required level of skill |
| 2.0 |
Monitor 5 S |
| 2.1 |
Check work area for 5S implementation as part of normal routine |
| 2.2 |
Identify non-conformances |
| 2.3 |
Negotiate solutions to non-conformances |
| 3.0 |
Improve the 5 S |
| 3.1 |
Work with team members to find areas for improvement |
| 3.2 |
Assist team members to develop improvement solutions |
| 3.3 |
Facilitate the availability of resources required for the improvement solution |
| 3.4 |
Facilitate the implementation of the improvement solution | | 
